summer

  • Journey into the Interior

    The Muskingum River on its lazy journey to the Ohio River.  Derived from the Shawnee word mshkikwam “swampy ground,” it was once a primary route into the interior of the Northwest Territory of the young United States. River pilots still… Continue reading

    Journey into the Interior
  • Farmers Sunset

    “This is my favorite time of the day. Light and dark touch for a few moments… I used to wish dusk would last longer, but its quickness seems to add to making it special.” Regina McBride, The Nature of Water… Continue reading

    Farmers Sunset
  • Beautiful Old Church

    “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” — C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity — Built in 1870, the First Presbyterian… Continue reading

    Beautiful Old Church
  • Hot Summer Sunset

    “Sunset is the only therapy I need. There is something magical about it, it makes you feel things. And with every new sunset that feeling is always different. And the beutiful thing is that no matter what you feel, as… Continue reading

    Hot Summer Sunset
  • Lonely Bridge

    “You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Canal Greenway covered bridge stands alone, embracing an air of sadness as the sun descends over Hebron, Ohio. As evening shadows claim their hour, only… Continue reading

    Lonely Bridge
  • Sunset of Memories

    As the sun descends to embrace the surrounding hills, waves gently caress the shore. Children laugh as boaters conclude their fun, my thoughts drift to the past. While Dillon Lake was created to alleviate flooding in the nearby town of… Continue reading

    Sunset of Memories
  • Great Circle Earthworks

    Closing my eyes, I listen… hoping to hear echoes of the past. Yet after my climb, only my breath joins the chorus of wind in its journey through the trees, now clinging to the sides of ancient earthworks in Newark,… Continue reading

    Great Circle Earthworks
  • Lovers at Sunset

    “Listen to the sunset; see its pretty hue. When you see it, think of me, and I’ll think of you.” Oksana Rus Continue reading

    Lovers at Sunset
  • Beautiful June Sky

    How softly runs the afternoon Beneath the billowy clouds of June! Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) Closer to sunset than afternoon, but still a beautiful June sky. Continue reading

    Beautiful June Sky
  • Evening Artwork

    “The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky.” Philip Pullman Continue reading

    Evening Artwork
  • Dual in the Sky

    The seasonal Spring battle for North America rages… as warm humid air of summer streams north from the Gulf of Mexico, colliding in a violent confrontation with the cold dry airmass of winter descending from Canada… On this morning the… Continue reading

    Dual in the Sky