Last Thursday was my birthday. We won’t mention any numbers related to age here so don’t ask! As a present for myself, I forced myself to get up at 5 am (after not falling asleep till after 2am!) to be able to take a few hours of “me” time before the rest of the house was awake. I packed up my camera gear and head to a local park along the Grand River here in Michigan.

When I got there, the actual park was closed, had a locked gate and the sign said open from 7am-10pm. Didn’t think of that before I crawled out of bed! But I shrugged it off and figured I head down to the river where the boat launch is since that gate was open.  The sun was just rising, and a heavy fog had settled over the river. Such a beautiful peaceful sight! It gave me a [slight] understanding as to why some people are morning people.

I spent a little over an hour shooting along the river, and in/around some of the swampy, overflow areas. BTW, the river was high again, and the dock for the boat launch was under water.

After finishing up there, I headed back into the park once it was open, to walk the trails and work on some macro photography.

Mostly I’ve been trying to shoot insect macro pics lately.

All in all, it was an amazing morning. Best birthday present to myself ever! But then I had to pack up and head to the dentist for a root canal 🙁  And no, there are NO pics of that!