Walking on Water

Taken in Ludington State Park, Michigan. There are quite a few beautiful wooden walkways through the wet areas, and even some footbridges out to the islands. I liked the way this one led down and away to the left.

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Friday Fences: September Shores

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Friday Fences: Pokeweed in the Pasture

I decided to use a fence of my own this week. This is the view from our back yard to the barn and field next door. We don't use the pasture for anything, and it has grown up in grass and weeds. It's messy, but deer and turkeys love it. We find fawns and chicks in there every spring, and hawks perch on the posts to hunt for mice and rabbits.





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Friday Fences: Only a Memory

An abandoned house on a dirt road stirs under its green blanket, dreaming in the summer sun.  

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Friday Fences: Dockside in Cleveland

We were in Cleveland recently to see the Tall Ships parade into the harbor for a festival there. The dock and park areas are surrounded by these massive pylon and chain fences. I just loved them.

The William G. Mather is permanently anchored there as a museum, next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was a freighter in its day, and because the steel mills were frequent destinations it has been dubbed "The Ship That Built Cleveland". (Click here for more on the William G. Mather.)






OK, this next one is a seawall, technically not a fence. But I like the shot, so I'm tacking it on. Hope you all have a great weekend!





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Fridays Fences: So Blue

These beautifully blue fences surround the pier areas at Silver Beach, Michigan. I think they're perfect for the place.

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Fridays Fences: Boys of Summer

What could be more appropriate for the first day of summer than scenes from a hometown baseball game? This was the South Bend Silver Hawks vs. The Dayton Dragons.

Now, I have to confess that my husband had to drag me there. My distant memories of baseball involved deep sunburns and even deeper boredom. But our seats were in the shade, and there were lots of distractions and attractions for those of us with short attention spans. Plus, I had my camera to play with.




The "fence" here is actually more of a net. It's there to keep people from getting beaned by foul balls.

With a deep, booming Voice of God, the vendor calls "Cold beer, peanuts, aaaaaand?"
The crowd response is always, "Craack-er Jacks!" 




Our home boys got their hats handed to them, but it was still a great time.


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Fridays Fences: Beware of The Ant

One of the giant ants from the children's section of the Albuquerque botanical garden. That place really brought out the little kid in me - though my kids would have been terrified of these things.

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Friday's Fences: Here There Be Dragons

We're gonna need a bigger fence...

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Friday's Fences: Boy With a Ball

The fence to the right has mirrored fish, lizards, and frogs on it that reflect their shapes onto the pavement. I'll be revisiting this park and its unusual fence, now that spring is here.


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Fridays Fences: Red Hollyhock

I couldn't resist the contrast between the immaculate white fence and the old barn beyond, sinking into lavish decay.

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Fence

I try to use the photo memes I do as inspiration to teach myself something. Currently, I've decided to work on compositional focus in black and white. In this set, the first crop is about the barn, the second crop is about the sky, and the third is about the fence. Which do you like best?

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Out of the Blue

An enigmatic sculpture on the Michigan shore. (Don't you wish they'd placed that trashcan somewhere else?)


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Fridays Fences: Vertigo

With a good bit more time on my hands these days, I am trying out a few new memes as well as sorting through the backlog of photos jammed into my poor, overworked hard drive.

So it's two birds with one stone here. My first entry for Fridays Fences 76, hosted by Jan and Jer at Life According to Jan and Jer and views from the (very wisely) fenced landing platform for the tram atop Sandia Peak in Albuquerque.




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