Rambling the Zukey

A bit of afternoon gardening and tidying up preceded a walk down to Zukey Lake and memory lane. I once caught small fish with my hands in this lake, long ago. I'm hoping I'll manage to catch a few fish this summer (with a fishing pole) and remember how to clean them and prepare them for dinner. Not too many though, PCBs and all. I imagine there are more than a few. Good thing my child bearing days are done.

Still a beautiful and comforting view.

 © Dawn Nelson, 2022

A Lake Erie Kind of Day

Shallow waters at the edge of a long beach on the western basin of Lake Erie. May 17, 2022.

Finally, after five months of intending to get back to the Lake Erie shore, I finally made it happen on a late Tuesday afternoon. It's amazing how much calmer I feel after a long stroll on a beach of the western basin. 

My favorite landscape feature, twin smoke stacks in the distance. May 17, 2022.

A lovely late afternoon looking out over the water of Lake Erie. May 17, 2022.

City of Toledo over the Maumee River. May 17, 2022.

© Dawn Nelson, 2022

the Huron River lately

A lovely sunny Tuesday afternoon revealed an unexpected and delightful walk by the riverside. Funny how just yesterday it was snowing gigantic snowflakes.

A large snowflake day. April 4, 2022. 

I've been experimenting with writing on Medium and have started to develop a longform content series I am currently calling the 0100 series. It seems to be unearthing a fair amount of narrative from me on weather obs, so I imagine I will revise some of these posts for longer form essays here on my beloved Lake Poet blog. I'm finding that it really helps to give myself creative license to experiment with different platforms to see what works and what kind of writing it inspires me to cultivate. It's funny how a lot of this kind of writing I would do offline, now I just write and put it out there as I will, caution to the wind. So be it.

The sun is shining.

The Huron River on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. April 5, 2022.

© Dawn Nelson, 2022