A Photographic Journey


In the fall of 2014, Shari asked me if I had any images that would relate to a journey.  She was compiling an Advent booklet for our church entitled "Journey to the Manger" and was hoping for thematic images that could accompany devotions written by church members.

She was in luck.  As I looked through a dozen years' worth of digital photographs I had taken, I was struck by the recurring theme of journey or movement.  It turns out this theme regularly draws my eye.  Enjoy.
Makanda, Illinois

Quivira National Wildlife Preserve, Kansas

Sanibel Island, Florida

Door County, Wisconsin

Door County, Wisconsin


Southern Wyoming

Tunnel Hill State Park, Illinois

Lake Superior, Wisconsin

Ouimet Canyon, Ontario

Forest Glen Preserve, Illinois

Neckar River, Germany

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Florida Keys

Grand Targhee, Wyoming

Oak Alley Plantation, Louisiana

Giant City State Park, Illinois

Lake Superior, Ontario

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Southern Wyoming

Windsor Castle, England

Door County, Wisconsin

Parke County, Indiana

Silver Lake State Park, Michigan

Silver Lake State Park, Michigan

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Arundel Castle, England

Jean Lafitte Preserve, Louisiana 

Neckar River, Germany

Nuremberg, Germany

Sand Hills State Park, Kansas

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Southern Wyoming

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