Big Sable Point Lighthouse

Belle capture avec un imposant phare ++++++
Bonne journée.

The lighthouse makes the adjacent house look like a scale model. It's nice that one can feel as if one were at the seaside here.

Whata beautiful lighthouse and so well captured Ron.

Great capture of this beautiful lighthouse, Ron! Very nice composition!

Thanks for all your visits and support. They're greatly appreciated.
Have a great day, Ron!

Il a fier allure avec cette toile de fond de rêve !***************

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, this is such a nice presentation, Ron! Your main picture actually looks like a miniature set because of the perspective--that and the lighthouse looks like a Lego's construction! :D Really nice picture though, I love the paint job and architecture a lot. The sky is just stunning too. Your insets add a wonderful variety, all so different and interesting to see. Makes me wish I could be there to enjoy each place. :)

Thanks for the comments on my hairy vetch (and the other flowers too, yay! :) ! I'm so glad you enjoyed the pictures and it's wonderful that I've got you thinking of maybe taking some pictures of this non-native flower yourself. :) They are a bit challenging to photograph well though, so make sure to find these flowers when they're glowing or you'll likely end up with flat and uninspiring results...I have lots and lots of MEH! pictures of these and for the longest time I couldn't figure out how to capture what it was that I loved about them. :D Of course you'll likely nail a set of gorgeous results the first time out! :D

BY THE WAY, you pointed out something that I didn't even notice!!! I never realized that TENDRILS were holding the flowers up!! I mean WOW! How did I miss that?! Thanks for telling me, it made me laugh out loud to miss that important detail, lol! :)

Ok, so I couldn't resist the challenge and this morning The Count from Sesame Street sat on my shoulder and we counted blooming flowers up and down the driveway. We came up with 37....can you even believe that?! If you take away the two poppy species, the two bearded irises, three roses, rhododendron and vinca, there are still an awful lot of wildflowers in bloom right now, and that's without really looking hard! I'm sure I'd find another dozen if I went off into the forest and meadow and up onto the hill. Totally crazy. SUCH A SHOW! :)

I loved your list of flowers named for their foliage or location, I knew you'd have some fun ones to share as well. Names are funny that way. Even our parrot has a dumb name for her species. She's called a White-Bellied Caique. Ok so yes she does have a white belly. But ALL species of Caiques have white bellies, including the much better-named Black-Headed Caique. Why isn't her species a "Peach-Headed" or "Orange-Headed" Caique? Ugh. :D Of course, then you get into the scientific names and they are just a waste of time for trying to understand how they relate to the species. Ya can't win, I tell ya! :D

I was sure you'd been to Jedediah, and happy to know you guys love that place. We've been once but only for about 20 minutes...meh...so I'm really looking forward to a proper visit! I'm hoping for some lovely misty scenes, droplety goodness, mushrooms, neat tree pictures and interesting flower pictures too! :) Happy that you guys will get to visit soon so you're not bouncing up and down wishing you could be there and knowing it won't happen.

The kalimba...yeah, I did a bunch of searching too, no dice. Funny how a thing can seem so common because you bought it so easily at the time and then it's just not available if you look for it years later. I do like the various ones out there but they are not unique, as you say.

What a drag to have to deal with criminals mucking up the system and robbing resources that should be given only to those like Neal and other truly needy and deserving folk. Makes me so upset. :( I'm glad though, that you guys are in there making things the best they can be.

Fun report of getting some veggies and other plants for your garden. We used to LOVE the yearly visit to the Master Gardener's show where we got to pick out a bunch of different tomato varieties--all with such wonderful tomatoes with so many flavors! But now it doesn't make sense because we're keto and can only eat the smallest amounts of carb-rich stuff. Not like the past where I'd stand out on the deck and mow down the cherry tomatoes, stuffing myself to the gills with dozens and dozens of sugar-sweet nommies! :D We still have some sun-dried green zebras which we use when we can...what a lovely, spicy flavor!

Oh wow, a trip to the other side of the mountain really IS quite the trek! But full of rich rewards as well, and the two of you must really have such a great time! :) What fun. It's got to be nice that you have a lot of knowledge of where you're going. It would be great to find true morels sometime, I hope you guys find plenty...we've only found false ones in the past, and NEARLY cooking them up once has us totally scared off ever eating wild mushrooms. Just not worth the risk, us not being truly confident with what's ok. I even have books on how to ID edibles and I STILL nearly got us very sick indeed. MEH!

Well, with all of my crowing about a possible new camera down the road, it's going to have to wait a lot longer as it seems our finances won't allow such an extravagance for a while. Steve has assured me that if we're both wanting his camera, he'll be happy to use the II since I'm much more the photographer these days. Fair enough and I was really happy that he was adement on allowing me to use his camera as my own...heh...you know how those things go, it's just not possible to share sometimes, esp when it's our passion!

That being said, you sure do have a nice camera! The 7D is nothing to sniff at, and your pictures are quite the testament to that. We are both so lucky to have awesome cameras that we know how to use very well so we can get the most out of them. Heh...my problems with the III's auto ISO certainly knocked me down a notch and reminded me that every camera must have its features studied, learned and understood or your pictures may come out looking cringe-worthy at best! :D

I liked reading about your brother's Olympus favortism (brand doesn't matter, talent does) and about mirrorless cameras too. I've looked them over myself but not convinced yet that it's the right way to go right now. They are really cool cameras though!

YES on a parent's attitude being paramount to what a child's attention is on. It's not easy. Glad some of your grandkids have the adventure and outdoor bug!

Ok, enough for now! Have a lovely day!

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A beautiful lighthouse, Ron !

Très beau partage !

Exceptional shot and PIPs!

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I am so used to East Coast lakes which are much smaller in comparison. The Great Lakes are awe inspiring.

A great image and I'd have to agree with Janet's comment that the light tower looks like a miniature made from Lego. :-) A beautifully composed image, Ron.

Wunder schöne Aufnahmen!

Excellent composition, Ron!