I’ve been spending some time with this old clammer lately. It’s just a matter of trying to get a good, cloud based background with a little color it in. Some Iowa sunsets, particularly those mixed with a little foul weather, can help. This sculpture, named Mississippi Harvest was done by Illinois artist, Erik Blome, and … Read more
For over 100 years the McKee Button Factory in Muscatine Iowa has been in the button business. Recently though, the company quietly ceased operations and now the historic building is up for auction. It seemed to me like a good time to get a sunset shot of this iconic local landmark that I pass by … Read more
I must have gone several years without a decent heron picture. I would see them around but never close and never accessible. Then finally things seemed to take a turn for the better. A few times I would get one flying by pretty close, and in other instances, like this one, they would actually come … Read more
I have this weird, strange, odd-ball affinity for white birds. It’s hard to say why but there’s something about seeing them…sometimes on the most drab and lifeless days…but they fly by and the world seems lighter, brighter, and just a bit better. Pelicans, swans, any big old white bird will do..and anything that lightens up … Read more
It doesn’t happen every year, but sometimes, at our local lock and dam near Muscatine, you’ll find a particular eagle that dominates the lock chamber. There’s water in there…it’s calm, and it get’s a fish coming through now and then…and this big bird takes advantage of that. Due to it’s size and demeanor I’m pretty … Read more
If you get tired of the contrasty black and white of the adult Bald Eagle, be sure to take a gander at some of the juveniles you’ll see around…usually every winter that’s a pretty good batch of them. From one year up to 5 years of age, you will see varying stages or degrees of … Read more