Mark Yancey Photo
Seeing Beauty in the Everyday World
Spider Web
⏱︎
Read time:
1–2 minutesA Lovely Morning Paddle
Read More →: A Lovely Morning PaddleWe headed out to the lake last weekend with a couple friends from OCC. Neither had been out yet this year, so it was great they joined us. Here are some of the things we saw. A pair of ducks…
⏱︎
Read time:
1–2 minutesHighlights from the Lake
Read More →: Highlights from the LakeIt has been a while since I’ve posted any photos from the lake. Here are some of the highlights from the week or so. Last week I took an evening paddle. I no more than got started and I looked…
Lucas Brey
I’m Lucas Brey, a travel blogger sharing practical guides, hidden gems, and honest tips from the road. Follow along for smart itineraries, great food finds, and stories worth bookmarking.
Latest Posts
Tags
- Academy Gallery
- Alaska
- Alaska Railroad
- Alaska Railway
- Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary
- Alaska State Fair
- Altar
- Altars
- Alter
- Apples
- Aquileans
- Arcadia
- Architecture
- Arctic Brotherhood
- Art
- Assisi
- Asters
- Auschwitz
- AZ
- Baldy Dune
- Baltimore Orioles
- Baptistery
- Barn
- Barns
- Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
- Basilica di Santa Chiara
- Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
- Basilica of St. Francis
- Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Basilica of the Virgin Mary
- Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura
- Beach
- Bears
- Beaver Dam
- Bee
- Bell Rock
- Bellflowers
- Bells
- Bellwort
- Benzie County
- Betsie River
- Bicycles
- Birds
- Birkenau
- Black Madonna
- Black-Eyed-Susans
- Bladder Campion
- Bleeding hearts
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Bluebirds
- Boardman River
- Bridges
- Brown Bridge Quiet Area
- Buds
- Burdock
- Butterflies
- Butterfly
- Butterfly Garden
- Canada Geese
- Canada Violet
- Cardinal
- Caribou
- Castel Sant'Angelo
- Castle
- Cat Tails
- Cathedral Rock
- Cedar Waxwings
- Ceilings
- Cemetery
- Chair
- Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Chena Indian Village
- Chena River
- Cherry Blossoms
- Chiesa di San Marcello al Corso
- Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
- Chilkoot Trail
- Chimney Rock
- Chinese Silver Grass
- Christmas Lights
- Christmas Tree
- Church
- Churches
- Cicadas
- Close-ups
- Clouds
- Clover
- College Fjord
- Color
- Colosseum
- Columbine
- Concentration Camp
- Coneflowers
- Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
- Copernicus
- Coreopsis
- Cormorants
- Corn
- Cougar
- Courthouse Butte
- Covered Bridge
- Crab Apple Blossoms
- Crab Apples
- Creek Street
- Crocuses
- Cross Country Skiing
- Crows
- Crucifix
- Cruise
- Daffodils
- Dahlias
- Daisies
- Damsel Flies
- Dandelion
- Dandelions
- David
- Day Lilies
- Deer
- Denali
- Denali National Park
- Divine Mercy
- Dogwood
- Downy Woodpeckers
- dragon
- Dragon Fly
- Duck Lake
- Ducks
- Duomo
- Eagle
- Eastern Kingbirds
- Eklutna
- Eklutna Lake
- Esch Road Beach
- Fairbanks
- Fall
- Fall Color
- Fall Colors
- Fallasburg MI
- Fallen and Murdered in the East
- Farm House
- Farms
- Ferns
- Fireweed
- Fireworks
- Fish
- Fish Wheel
- Fishtown
- Flags
- Flicker
- Florence
- Flowering Quince
- Flowers
- Fog
- Forcythia
- Forsythia
- Fort Custer
- Fountain
- Fountains
- Frederick Chopin
- Frog
- Frost
- Full Moon
- Galleries
- Gar Pike
- Gardens
- Gdansk
- Ghetto Heroes
- Gingerbread
- Glacier Bay
- Glaciers
- Glen Arbor
- Glen Lake
- Golden North Hotel
- Goldfinch
- Goose
- Gothic
- Grackles
- Grand Hotel
- Grand Traverse County
- Grape Hyacinth
- Grasses
- Great Blue Heron
- Green Heron
- Green Lake
- Green-Winged Teal
- Grizzly Bear
- Grosbeak
- Ground Squirrels
- Gull Lake
- Gull Prairie Preserve
- Hairy Puccoon
- Halloween
- Hawk
- HDR
- Health Spa
- Helena Koloska
- Heron
- Heros of Warsaw
- High Rollaway
- Hike
- Hiking
- Historic Barns Park
- History
- Hoary Alyssunm
- Holland Ameria
- Holland America
- Hostas
- Hydrangeas
- ICA
- Ice
- Ice storm
- Icicles
- Icon
- Icons
- Impatiens
- Inscriptions
- Insects
- Inspiration Point
- Interlochen Center for the Arts
- Iris
- Iron Fish Distillery
- Italy
- Jack in the Pulpit
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Jan Karski
- Japanese Garden
- Japanese Maple
- Japanese Maples
- Jasna Gora
- Jewish Quarter
- John Paul II
- Juneau
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kayaking
- Kayaks
- Ketchikan
- Keystone Rapids Trail
- Kingfisher
- Koeze Stable Garden
- Krakow
- Lady Bugs
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Lakes
- Lavender Farm
- Leaves
- Legends
- Leland
- Lelannd
- Lichen
- Lighthouse
- Lily of the Valley
- Lily Pads
- Loon
- Loons
- Lowell MI
- Lower Woodcock Nature Preserve
- Mackinac Island
- Malbork Castle
- Mallard Duck
- Manistee River
- Maple City
- Marienburg
- Marsh Maragolds
- Marsh Marigolds
- Marshall Joseph Pilsudski
- Martins
- McKinley Chalet Resort
- Meadows
- Meijer Gardens
- Memorial Day
- Mendenhall Glacier
- Mergansers
- Mermaid
- MI
- Michelangelo
- Microclimate
- Milk Weed
- Milky Way
- Mine
- Mink
- Minnows
- Minor Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Monarch Butterflies
- Monarda
- Monuments
- Moon
- Moon Gate
- Mosaics
- Moss
- Mountains
- Mouse
- Mt. Denali
- Murals
- Museum
- Mushrooms
- Muskrat
- Napoleon
- National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II
- Nature
- Nenana Ice Classic
- Nenana River
- Niepokalanów
- Night Sky
- Noordam
- Old Indian Trail
- Old Mission Peninsula
- Old Town
- Old-Town
- Orchard Grass
- Order of the Knights of Pope John Paul II
- Organ
- Organ Grinder
- Orienteering
- Osprey
- Otter
- Otters
- Our Lady of Calvary
- Our Lady of Czestochowa
- Our Lady of the Angels Basilica
- Painting
- Paintings
- Palm Tree
- Panorama
- Pantheon
- Papal Audience
- Parade
- Pelicans
- Peppers
- Perseid Meteors
- Phlox
- Piazza del Campo
- Piazza della Signoria
- Piazza Navona
- Pier
- Pilgrima
- Pilgrimage
- Pilgrims
- Pink Lady's Slippers
- Plaster Casts
- Platte River
- Poland
- Ponds
- Pope Francis
- Pope John Paul II
- Potatoes
- Potomac River
- Puma
- Pumpkins
- Race
- Raft
- Rain
- Rainbow
- Rapids
- Red Headed Woodpeckers
- Red Onion Saloon
- Redbud
- Redwing Black Bird
- Reeds
- Reflections
- Reflections Lake
- Reindeer
- Relics
- Resort
- River
- River Otter
- Riverboat Discovery
- Robins
- Roman Forum
- Rome
- Roots
- Rose Campion
- Royal Castle
- Royal Chapel
- Royal Route
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Sabine
- Sail Boat
- Saint Peter's
- Salmon
- Salt
- Sandhill Cranes
- Sandpiper
- Santa Croce
- Santa Maria degli Angeli
- Santa Maria del Fiore
- Santa Maria in Traspontina
- Santa Maria sopra Minerva
- Santo Spirito in Sassia
- Scenery
- Scenic View
- Screech Owls
- Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Sea Lions
- Sea Otters
- Sea Planes
- Sedona
- Shrines
- Siena
- Sigismund's Column
- Skagway
- Sky
- Slaves
- Sleeping Bear
- Snake
- Snow
- Snow Man
- Snowdrops
- Solar Eclipse
- Sopot
- South Long Lake Forest Trail
- Spa
- Sparrow
- Spider Web
- Spiderwort
- Spirit Houses
- Spring
- Sprouts
- Squash
- Squirrels
- St John the Baptist Church
- St Patrick Catholic Church
- St Peters
- St. Casimir's Church
- St. Catherine
- St. Faustina
- St. Francis
- St. James Church
- St. John the Baptist Archcathredal
- St. Mary's Basilica
- St. Mary's Church
- St. Maximilian Kolbe
- St. Nicolas
- Stained Glass
- Stained Glass Windows
- Star Magnolia
- Star Trails
- Stars
- Statues
- Street
- Sun
- Sun Flowers
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Swallows
- Swans
- Taiya River
- TC Commons
- Teklanika River
- Tern
- Terns
- Teutonic Knights
- Thistle
- Three Lakes
- Thunderbird Falls
- Time Lapse
- Timelapse
- Tomato Blossoms
- Torun
- Totem Poles
- Trail Breaker Kennel
- Train
- Tram
- Traverse City Botanical Gardens
- Treat Farm Trail
- Tree Swallows
- Trees
- Trevi Fountain
- Trilliums
- Truck
- Tufted Vetch
- Tulips
- Turnagain Arm
- turtle
- Turtles
- UNESCO
- Update
- Vancouver
- Vatican City
- Veit Stoss Altar
- Vineyards
- Vistas
- Wadowice
- Warsaw
- Warsaw Uprising
- Water Falls
- Water Lily
- Water Skier
- Wawel Hill
- Weeds
- Whaleback Nature Area
- Whales
- White Pass & Yukon Railway
- Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Wild Flowers
- Wild Leeks
- Wild Roses
- Wineries
- Winter
- Winter Green
- Wood Lily
- Wood Pile
- Wooden Pier
- woods
- Wrens
- Zinnias