Author: mfyancey

Italy – View from the Hotel
Our hotel wasn’t in the heart of old Assisi, but had a lot of Italian charm. The views were wonderful and teased us about the…

Pilgrimage to Italy – Day 1
We are just back from a wonderful trip to Italy. We were gone 11 days and visited the cities of Assisi, Florence, Siena, and Rome,…

High Rollaway
I think we hit the peak color in NW Michigan last weekend. Although the color wasn’t as vivid as in some years, it was still…

A bit more fall color
Here in the Kalamazoo area, we are still a bit short of peak color. I took a drive west of town Monday with my mom…

Fall Afternoon on the Lake
Last weekend, we managed to get back out on the lake in the kayaks late one afternoon. The color isn’t full peak, yet, but that’s…

Something to Whet your Appetite
We are starting to get some color in the north Michigan woods. It is just a few trees here and there, nothing wide-spread, yet. It’s…

A Beautiful Evening Kayak
A couple weeks ago, a small group went out on Duck Lake for an evening paddle. It was a beautiful evening to be on the…

Morning Visitor
This morning about 8:45, this Bambi walked across my back yard. It entered the woods just behind the yard and stopped. I grabbed the camera,…

Starry Night
I went down to the lake about 10:30 tonight to see the stars. WOW! What a night for the stars. It was a perfect evening…

Summer Flower Gardens
With the peak of summer upon us, I needed to photograph some of the summer flowers, butterflies, and birds in the gardens around our house. …