by Don McGowan | Nov 2, 2019 | November 2019
Sometimes my good intentions lead me astray. I had every intention, when I began to process this image, of allowing the appealing fall colors I had captured to remain the stars of the show. Somehow along the way the lines, shapes, and forms of this intimate place...
by Don McGowan | Oct 26, 2019 | October 2019
Over the years Bonnie and I have photographed the sunset at Cowee Mountain Overlook (Blue Ridge Parkway) on more occasions than I can readily recall, and even when the creative conditions are somewhat less than what might be considered optimum, I am always glad and...
by Don McGowan | Oct 18, 2019 | October 2019
Nearly 200-years-ago a German family by the name of Glanze converted an old “dog trot” cabin in the Sandy Mush Township of Madison County, North Carolina into a stock barn for their animals. Oral tradition in the community has it that the deed was noted...
by Don McGowan | Oct 12, 2019 | October 2019
How Red Jack Lake received its name is a mystery I have not solved in the 14 years I have been visiting Hiawatha National Forest, but I have enjoyed my time here very much nonetheless. Sadly, over the years, I have watched as the water level in all of Hiawatha’s...
by Don McGowan | Oct 6, 2019 | October 2019
Far across the lower, marshy end of Pike Lake on Friday morning two swan parents shepherded their small family of four cygnets, too distant to be seen with the unaided eye. It was only when I looked through a moderately long telephoto that I spied them paddling along...
by Don McGowan | Sep 28, 2019 | September 2019
It is the Land of Gichi-Gami, the Great Sea. It is sacred to the Anishinaabe People. In autumn the maples (Acer) put on a display of color. They are joined by others – from the cinnamon ferns (Osmunda cinnamomea) to the hickories (Carya) and every imaginable...
