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Images from the Keweenaw & Beyond

Updated July 12, 2000

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The sunsets up our way are so tempting to photograph. But this sort of photo takes watching and waiting for the perfect timing of sailboat and the setting sun's reflection on the water.
Sailboat at Sunset
July 9, 2000 8:44pm
  		How creative! Cardboard trophies for the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta.
Creative Cardboard Trophies
June 18, 2000 12:57pm
This duo made a good showing in their cardboard speedster.
Cardboard Speedster
June 18, 2000 12:55pm
 
  		With a young Viking at the helm, this cardboard ship did well.
Cardboard Viking Ship
June 18, 2000 12:55pm
 
The City of Houghton's cardboard entry looked sturdy enough to paddle to Norway without springing a leak.
City of Houghton Takes First Place
June 18, 2000 12:52pm
  		What a boat! What a team! This cardboard racer was fast.
Sleek Cardboard Racer
June 18, 2000 12:35pm
 
Painting the spots black on this Holstein cardboard boat topper.
Holstein Tops Cardboard Boat
June 18, 2000 12:08pm
  		The US Coast Guard, stationed in nearby Dollar Bay, was on hand at the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta in case anyone was to need rescue from a not-so-great (i.e. sinking or capsized) cardboard boat.
US Coast Guard, Dollar Bay
June 18, 2000 12:05pm
 
This young fellow was waiting to set forth in his cardboard Viking ship.
Young Viking
June 18, 2000 11:56am
  		The poppies are in full bloom this week, but it has been much too windy to photograph them outside. This still life will have to do.
Red Poppy
June 16, 2000 2:30pm
 
Ahhh nature! Something as simple as a bee pollinating a wildflower can be exquisitely beautiful--at least to my eye.
Bee on Oxeye Daisy
June 13, 2000 1:34pm
  		Three of the four chipping sparrows have hatched, and one of them looks very hungry!
Chipping Sparrows Hatched
June 9, 2000 2:17pm
 
These ducks at Lac La Belle preferred not to share the water with boat, man, and dogs.
Ducks Take Flight
June 2, 2000 5:53pm
  		 The water pipe between the well and the house developed a leak four feet under ground, turning our lawn into a soggy mess. Fortunately Lynn found the break in the pipe after digging only one hole!
Finding the Water Leak
June 1, 2000 4:28pm
 

A clutch of four eggs is common for the chipping sparrow, which lines its nest with hair or very fine plant fibers.
Chipping Sparrow's Eggs in Nest
June 1, 2000 4:03pm
 

An ornamental evergreen provides shelter for this chipping sparrow to nest.
Chipping Sparrow in Nest
June 1, 2000 11:48am
 
A break in the rain provided an opportunity to capture the image of this water-drenched beauty.
Bearded Iris
June 1, 2000 11:32am
 		 Sections of dock and the shore station spend the winter on our lawn. Sanding, priming and painting metal are needed to prep them to go back in the water. (35K)
Spring Dock Work
May 29, 2000 1:32pm
 
I stood on the south shore to take this photograph of the lighthouse at the upper entrance to Lake Superior's Keweenaw Waterway, by F. J. McLain State Park. (17K)
Keweenaw Waterway Lighthouse
May 26, 2000 3:13pm
 		 Every sunset is different, and each is beautiful in its own way. But this one was one of my all time favorites. Note the change in colors from the next photo, taken just eight minutes earlier! (29K)
Sunset on Portage Lake
May 25, 2000 9:35pm
 

New in 2000, the Keweenaw Star is providing cruises on the Keweenaw Waterway. I'm going to have to ask the folks at Keweenaw Excursions to adjust their schedule slightly. If they had come through two minutes earlier, the sun would still have been a fiery orange ball on the horizon. (25K)
 Keweenaw Star Cruise Ship
May 25, 2000 9:27pm
 

What is being pulled? If you know, send me an email: constance@smartisans.com. (22K)
Boat Pulling Boat on Portage Lake
May 24, 2000 3:03pm
 

This moth came to rest on our window screen. (32K)
One-Eyed Sphinx Moth
May 21, 2000 5:45pm
 

This feeder is attached to the window in front of my computer. Ruby- throated hummingbirds buzz to the feeder in a nearly constant stream. (17K)
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
May 20, 2000 3:23pm
 
This long-stemmed, yellow, orange, and red striped tulip is the result of hybridization between Darwin tulips and Tulipa fosterana. (23K)
Tulip, Darwin 'Beauty of Apeldoorn'
May 16, 2000 9:32am
  		This feeder is outside the window where I work at my computer. Here we have three pine siskins, enjoying the thistle seed. (28K)
Pine Siskins
May 15, 2000 4:54pm
 
 In theory this is a squirrel-proof feeder. Hah! (22K)
Red Squirrel
May 15, 2000 4:33pm
 

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