Poems - Life is many seasons

Life is many seasons

Seasons change
Life does to
preventing it is impossible
It is going to happen
No matter what
So find a path
To travel on
And remember to
Have fun along the way
If you do not
It will pass you by
Not a memory forgetting
But an experience never joyed
One life, one year
Too many things to see
So no matter what you do
Make sure some of the time
You are smiling and happy
And leave nothing undone

Poems - The fine line of me is you

The fine line of me is you
You are all that I think about
Every thought, every action
I was attracted to you at first sight
But now it is for a different reason
I managed to live without you before
But now I can not see my life with any other
It does not matter how many times you tried
Just that you have found the right one now
This can go on and on
Like the moments we share
A friendship that will live on to the grave
The words we speak are like precious gems
sealed in time, never to be broken
We are different and yet alike
Rare friendships are special just like you are

The badlands and I

View of the Badlands behind me. Amazing site when you are there in person.

Mt. Rushmore

Going home from our trip out in the northern Midwest, we stopped and saw Mt. Rushmore. Looks great and the whole trip was too. This makes the trip worth going.

Our cabin is nice

In Hersey Michigan my parents have a cabin and it has a great view of nature. I love going up north to visit it on vacation. Sometimes it needs work done, but it's really a labor of love fixing it up.

Not Giving Up - Poem

Poem I wrote:


"Not giving up" 
Work so hard only to let it fall 
Picking up the pieces again 
Attempt 1, attempt 2 brings no luck 
Searching for what had been missing 
Discover hidden power within 
Unlocking our true potential 
Great achievement is earned 
Giving up is not an option 

This picture is so true.

Duluth, Minnesota - 6-9-12

Duluth, Minnesota

Either one of the two cities, Superior, Wisconsin or Duluth, Minnesota. They are both sister cities so it doesn't matter which one is what, but both cities has a great view.

Ashland, WI - sunrise - 6-9-12

Ashland, WI.

Great sunrise today, and very good view of the awesome Lake Superior. We just stopped here on the way to North Dakota, but it was well worth spending an extra 5 minutes taking pictures.

St. Ignace, Michigan - sunset - 6-8-12

Great sunset, taken of Lake Michigan in the UP.

I like sunsets because I never really get to see them and the colors and the clouds are just so cool reflected on the lake. This picture speaks for itself I think.

Great Lake State

Michigan - The Great Lake State

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior (HOMES) are the five great lakes. Four lakes actually touch the state of Michigan and four actually touch Canada. Born and raised in Michigan and I love everything about the state from nice scenic view of trees to swimming in one of the great lakes, this state has a lot of offer. I live in the southeastern part of the LP=lower peninsula and the view is fine, but I have been in other parts of Michigan where the view just takes your breathe away. I have been to the UP=upper peninsula once, maybe twice, can't be sure, but I know that it is breathtaking up there.

I will have the opportunity to travel past the UP on the way to North Dakota on a little vacation. North Dakota may not be the place most people think of traveling to for a vacation, but it will not be what most people think of a relaxing vacation. My dad read an oil boom is happening in the western part of North Dakota and he wants me to go up there with him and scout the area out to see if it's true. If it is true, that means many jobs for many people. If it isn't true, then it is just a fun vacation, and regardless of the outcome, you bet I am going to post the pictures taken with my camera on here.

Inside The Cabin

I believe this is a picture from my phone, a Sprint Samsumg qwerty phone. This is a huge upgrade from my other phone in many ways, but one way is the camera mode. It has a better 1.3MP camera and many shooting modes including color tones, where is tone is Sepia. I liked how it turned out, even though it is not a powerful camera, it still manages to take fair pictures. If I'm not using my own camera, I'll use my phone for easy travel. Plus, my Nikon does not have color tones which I tend to use now and then. This is a picture of inside my parents cabin.

Fujifilm Digital SLR Camera

Fujifilm Digital SLR Camera

I had the opportunity to use a very high end profession camera because I was asked to be a photographer at my sister's best friend wedding reception. I had a week to just mess around with the camera, using all the features and see how they work before the big day. I had a lot of fun taking these pictures. The picture quality was so much better than what I was use to, it really made me think if there was something to this. The green of the bushes and trees were deeper than my Nikon Coolpix could ever go. I have some more pictures that I can and will post later.

Canon PowerShot ELPH 320

I'm stumped, pun intended. My camera is pretty good, but it is just a little old right now, I'm I might want something better. I have a Nikon Coolpix L20 at the moment that I brought on ebay for $40. It takes great pictures like this one above, but I know I can do better for not a lot of money.

On a camera website, I found a killer camera for just $250 Free Shipping.

Canon PowerShot ELPH 320 HS Digital Camera, 16.1MP CMOS Sensor, Built-in WIFi, 24mm Wide Angle 5x Optical Zoom lens, 3.2 inch Touch Screen, Blue

I saw a video on it, and it looks just amazing! My nature pictures would be several time better quality than this camera. Note that I still love my Nikon since I buy it in January of 2011. I used a high end camera in the past and I will post them later because I love how the pictures turned out.

The site is below:

http://www.adorama.com/ICAE320BL.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Shopping%20Site&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=gbase

The Muskegon River

The Muskegon River - It is the river that is in the backyard at our cabin connected by the Hersey River. I have so much fun in that river, my family and I go canoeing during certain parts of the year and we love it. I love just standing outdoors by the river and just watch the water flow by. I love taking picture and great scenic views such as this.

Honda Civic

This is my mom's car. It is a Honda Civic year 2008. This vehicle is partiality unique because it runs on CNG or compressed natural gas. This gas burns cleaner than regular gas in gas stations and gets 35mpg. We have to find special places to fuel it up, which is a pain that it's not everywhere. My dad got it in New York and drove it up to Michigan, which was quite a story because the CNG stations were spaced apart so he just had enough fuel to make to between each one. Near Sandusky Ohio, there was one, but not opened to the public, so he ran out of fuel. My uncle with a trailer got him home. Despite all that, we love the vehicle, it's very comfortable.

Eleanor

This is my little niece, Eleanor, of 9 months, (at the time of the picture) she is about 10 1/2 months now. She makes me proud to be an uncle. She loves me, and I love her. A babies smile does make a people so happy, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Leaning Trees

Leaning trees-That is what my family and I call them because a series of trees were blown by a wind storm. We don't know how long is was, but ever since I remember they were like that. On are way up to our cabin on  75 near St. John, this particular row of trees became very important to us.

Magnolia Tree-March 21, 2012

Magnolia tree, taken on March 21, 2012. In bloom, already? Yes...global warming...doubt it. I'm a bit of a weather nerd. I check weather.com a lot and I like to keep updated on the big weather events. For like a week or so starting on March 14 we been having high 70's and 80's and those temps are 40+ even above average. Now this warm spell didn't go on in April, however, some days were warmer than the average.

Enough with the little details, now about this tree. I love seeing this tree in bloom, but I also have a personal attachment to this tree growing up. I used to climb this tree fairly often living in the house I grew up in. Age 5-16 I think I got to big because the branches weren't as strong as some tree's could be. It usually bloomed around May 16, my sisters Birthday, and it was in bloom for a week then the petals would fall off.

This is from my school on EMU, I may have the tree that I grew up with somewhere in this computer and I'll post it when I do come across it.

Oil Refinery

I took this picture in Detroit, or as we like to call it "The Motor City". Where would we be without oil that our cars run on? Nowhere as of yet because new forms of energy to power cars are still being in the works. The gas that we get from the gas stations are not good for the air, but there is nothing we can do. Public transportion is great if you live in the big city, but where I come from, that is not an option. This plant is giving 1,000's of jobs in Michigan and that is what we need.