Ephraim Barn

It's funny, for all our times traveling to Door County I had never noticed this barn until this winter. I made Dennis turn around, we parked, and walked out.



The ice on the bay was really cool!



There were names painted all over the barn! I was full of questions. Why? Was this allowed?





The barn is on the National Register of Historic Places - and it's ok to paint on it?!









So, yeah, painting on the barn is allowed.  Anderson Warehouse Graffiti - Historically, visiting boaters have "signed" the warehouse walls with their boat's name and the year they docked here.





Will you marry me? YES









Sorry I'm overloading you on photos, but there was so much to see upon the walls and all around.





If you were to sign the wall, what would you paint?

Rough-legged Hawk

We see hawks quite often, but this time we were able to pause and I could snap a few shots. Dennis drove slowly by him as I shot out the window just praying for something to come out.

He kept his eyes on me but I was sad the branches were in the way.

However, we have learned, do not stop. If you stop the car to shoot the shots. . .

. . .this is what happens. :(

Blue Ice

The ice is blue and shoving its way up to the shore. Cracking and pushing and piling.

The Wisconsin winter is full of ice, thick ice! :0)

Ice on the Pier

I was so intrigued by the way the ice formed around this pier!

This is the ice on top of the pier - amazingly formed!

Who would have thought the wind could whip the snow into a pile straight up a sign - cool!

Along the shore, the wind has made little formations that make me think of volcanoes or homes for some sort of sea dweller.  These were taken up in Door County, on Lake Michigan.

frozen

When faced with a shocking diagnosis we often walk around numb for a some time, it's important to break through and reach the emotions below.

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Had an opportunity to run up to Door County and check out Lake Michigan.  North side of the pier.

The other side of the pier.

This one reminded me of a shark lurking below.

Seriously?

I was reminded, by the swiftly painted sunset, to not take life too cirrusly.

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the Porcupine

You will never believe where we found this porcupine! In a cemetery! See, I can find all sorts of things there. He was walking across the grounds when Dennis spotted him. By the time I got back from grabbing the camera out of the car he was going into the brush.

He made some little growl/grunt noises at me then started climbing the tree.

He was very interesting to watch climb - I'd never seen one this close in the wild before.

He's a very slow climber. Occasionally he would pause and peek around the tree at me, then decide to keep climbing. Check out those claws! See the scratches on the tree?

This is how he climbed, stretching all the way out. . .

Then bringing the back feet up before moving the front feet again.

From the marks on the tree I think he's climbed this one before.

I was glad he was slow.

At this point, he was pretty high above me, with brush between us too, so I think he felt safe.

That's where we left him.