Reminds me of winter
Reminds me a little of winter, eh? It's actually warmer today than it was on Christmas Eve when we lost power with the wind chill at -29 f. The fireplace kept the frigid air at…
Tag: Lake Erie
Dismal–Snow on April 18
Yep, snow on April 18 here in NE Ohio. My backyard after lunch. I can't remember snow this late in the year.
Changeable Lake Erie
Because Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it's very changeable. Mild storms can transform into violet cataclysms instantly. Inexperienced boaters are regularly caught out. Small boats swamped while desperately making for the…
Pre-dawn moon
When I woke at 6:00 AM, I thought a helicopter was outside my bedroom shining a searchlight onto the shore. The authorities still haven't found the body of the man drowned in a recent boating…
My visit to Cedar Point
Cedar Point, a Disneyland-like park on Ohio's Lake Erie, is only a half-hour trip from my house. I picked the perfect day for my visit last week The weather was fine and because it was…
New camera on the beach
It is a sunny and windy day here in NE Ohio. It's jacket weather, believe it or not. It's a perfect day to take my new Nikon Z 7 for a spin. I went down…
Winter might end?
Just when I finally lost all hope, we saw the sun. This winter has been harsh with bitter cold and snowstorms followed quickly by more snowstorms. But Lake Erie has begun to thaw as has…
Boating season soon
Even though the winter was mild, we are just now at the beginning of the boating season. The Betty Jane is the middle boat in this photo. It's shrink-wrapped like its winter-storage neighbrors. Shrink wrapping…