Last blast of summer color

keweenaw summer meadow flowers

I love it when these yellow and pinkish/purplish flowers come out and seem to grow right next to each other providing a beautiful contrast in color. I don't know what they are called, they are probably weeds, but they sure brighten up the fields this time of year.

Well, looks like summer is winding down. We're back to c c cold temps again, The low was in the 40's last night.

I wanted to go look for some last patches of wild blueberries this week, but didn't make it once again. Time really flies.

word is, waves come

A few of my surfer friends have let me know they think surf is a sure thing for today.So grab a a board and get out there! Sorry I can't get out there. Good luck you guys, and maybe next time for me!
Dan Schetter surfs Marquette MI

editorially speaking...

A quick mention some of the places our work is found in most recent publications.

Marquette Country Convention and Visitors Bureau has seven of our images on the cover of the 2009 Visitors guide, and many more inside the publication.



For some chilly reading on a hot summer day, THE Surfer's Journal is running a ten page story in the Aug 09 issue of a couple midwest surfers at the Grand Sable Dunes Expedition of January, 2009. It's in stores now.

Ahhh the Keweenaw

We got to spend some time in the Keweenaw this August. Every time we go there, we appreciate it more and more. In our efforts to get off the road and out of the art show circuit, could a gallery in the Keweenaw be a possibility in the future? Who knows. On the days these pictures were taken, it was probably some of the warmest days yet this summer. Meadows were full of the last colors of summer, brilliant magentas and yellows of wildflowers. We drove up to Brockway to hopefully catch a break from the heat with some wind. We were greeted with a wonderfully eery fog rolling in over the mountains and Lake Superior. The view from Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Peninsula
meadow in the Keweenaw Peninsula

It's berry time

Northern Michigan wildberries-all berries in photo are hand picked wild UP berries

Went picking berries in the Keweenaw last weekend. Raspberries are at their peak. Thimbleberries will probably be peak this weekend. Blueberries are peak or getting past peak in the central UP around the Marquette area. Haven't found any blackberries this year. We hope to find some bilberries this weekend- best way I can describe it is a berry larger and sweeter than a blueberry. They are GREAT!