Beach Walks in September
- At September 29, 2013
- By Kim
- In Kim's posts, Places
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September brings with it a bit of melancholy each year. Evenings of care-free exploration, spurred on by the long hours of daylight, are replaced with a return to seriousness and awareness that another year is passing. Each evening as the sun sets a little earlier, we are gently reminded that we should head home; after all it’s a “school night” now. The tourists and migrating birds alike all return south and we are left with our beach towns and their quietude.
The beaches, in their abandonment, seem to be the perfect spot to muse on this passing of seasons. As my mom, daughter (with her increasingly weighted-down pockets of rocks), and I walked along the lakeshore near Pyramid Point and Port Oneida this past weekend, we found ourselves utterly alone for miles, free to take it all in at our own pace.
We collected bits of nature. We watched the freighters passing through the Manitou Passage and the ferry heading home from the Manitou to Leland. We saw the resident bald eagles flying overhead and noticed the upended trees that had succumbed to the erosion of Pyramid Point.
The change at this location is so dramatic each year. The shifting landscape, the turn of the seasons, and the knowledge of how much difference another year will bring to my child: it makes the quote from the English writer Julian Barnes ever more poignant:
“When you’re young you prefer the vulgar months, the fullness of the seasons. As you grow older you learn to like the in-between times, the months that can’t make up their minds. Perhaps it’s a way of admitting that things can’t ever bear the same certainty again.”
Along this shoreline, much will change by the time the warm weather returns. We will change too. But what is certain for me and my walking partners is that we will reunite and reacquaint ourselves with this shoreline, in all its glory, again next year. And hopefully for many more to come.
A Look Through Our Lens – Week of September 26, 2013
- At September 26, 2013
- By Kim
- In Kim's posts, Local Happenings
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Photo descriptions (L to R):
1) An early splash of fall color on the official start of the season – Cadillac
2) Early morning sunshine over misty fields – Maple Bay 3) Rainy autumn day -Clinch Park 4) The sun and blue return – Alligator Hill Trail 5) Sunset – along the road in Benzie County 6) Flood waters – Kids’ Creek 7) A crisp fall beach walk – Pyramid Point 8) The sun’s descent – North Bar 9) A brook trout caught fly-fishing (and released) – Northern Michigan
This week’s Instagram photos courtesy of contributors Nick Nerbonne, Brian Beckwith, Nick Perez, and Kim Schwaiger.
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A Look Through Our Lens – Week of September 19, 2013
- At September 19, 2013
- By Kim
- In Kim's posts, Local Happenings
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Photo Descriptions (L to R):
1) Morning Sun over West Bay – Traverse City 2) A crisp fall day on the water – Port Oneida 3) Where sand meets water – Lake Michigan 4) Lily pads floating on serene blue waters – Up North 5) Sun Sparkles on the lake – Empire 6) Glittering waves – Pyramid Point 7) The view on a perfect September day – Empire Bluffs 8) Pumpkin patch – Old Mission Peninsula 9) Migrating birds – Northern Michigan
Instagram photos this week by Kimberly Schwaiger, Nick Nerbonne, & Nick Perez. See more here: http://instagram.com/northernmiswag
A Look Through Our Lens – Week of September 12, 2013
- At September 19, 2013
- By Kim
- In Kim's posts, Local Happenings
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Photo descriptions (L to R):
1) The view from the top – Tahquemenon Falls 2) Smurf house – Otter Lake 3) Windy autumn day on the water – Glen Arbor 4) Blue skies over Lake Michigan – Pyramid Point 5) Storm rolling in over Lake Superior – 12 Mile Beach 6) Sunlight peeking through the trees – Esch Road Beach 7) Fresh local peaches – Laman Farm 8) Company during a walk along the beach – Leelanau County 9) Windswept dunes – Sleeping Bear Point
Instagram photos this week by Kimberly Schwaiger, Nick Nerbonne, & Brian Beckwith. See more here: http://instagram.com/northernmiswag
A Look Through Our Lens – Week of September 5th, 2013
- At September 19, 2013
- By Kim
- In Kim's posts, Local Happenings
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Sorry folks. We are a bit behind on these, so three weeks rapid fire.
Photo descriptions (L to R):
1) Morning reflections – Manistee National Forest 2) Surf’s up – Empire Beach 3) Lake Michigan Overlook – Arcadia 4) Autumn Sunset – Lake Michigan 5) Only a few remaining beach days – Empire Bluffs 6) Evening Colors over Power Island – West Grand Traverse Bay 7) Exploring in the woods – Platte River Trail 8) Fresh produce – Cedar Sol Hydro Farm 9) Late summer fly fishing – Au Sable River
Instagram photos this week by Kimberly Schwaiger & Nick Nerbonne. See more here: http://instagram.com/northernmiswag
