D273-2012 The distant woods are beginning to take on more color.  As seen through the pines and sassafras trees atop Cobblers Knob.
Imagine, if you will, a gentle breeze and the spicy scent of warm pine needles as an accompaniment to the view.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County Michigan.
September 30, 2012.
D273-2012 The distant woods are beginning to take on more color.  As seen through the pines and sassafras trees atop Cobblers Knob.
Each time I visit Cobblers Knob, I think how felicitously placed these pine trees are, ideally so for framing the distant view.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County Michigan.
September 30, 2012.
D273-2012 The distant woods are beginning to take on more color.  A view to the southeast from Cobblers Knob.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County Michigan.
September 30, 2012.
This view is from the overlook on the main path, across part of the Main Valley, across the Huron River, hidden by trees, to buildings of the University of Michigan's North Campus.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor  (The general location of the people is map tagged.)
April 2, 2012
(nex-5)
The large brick complex of buildings is the VA Hospital along Fuller Road.  The blue and white water tower, which seems so near to the VA hospital, really isn't.  It's near the intersection of Plymouth and Green Road at the northeast corner of Ann Arbor, about 2 miles from my location when I took this picture.

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor  (I've map tagged the water tower for this picture.)
April 2, 2012
(nex-5)
A blooming shrub, possibly salal.  (Filtered via posterize and poster edges because of the soft focus.)

Seen at the Checkerboard Mesa main overlook (east end of the Zion - Mount Carmel highway).

Zion National Park,
April 2008
A blooming shrub, possibly salal.  (Filtered via posterize and poster edges because of the soft focus.)

Seen at the Checkerboard Mesa main overlook (east end of the Zion - Mount Carmel highway).

Zion National Park,
April 2008
Seen at the Checkerboard Mesa main overlook (east end of the Zion - Mount Carmel highway).

Zion National Park,
April 2008
Seen at the Checkerboard Mesa main overlook (east end of the Zion - Mount Carmel highway).

Zion National Park,
April 2008
D273-2012 The distant woods are beginning to take on more color. As seen through the pines and sassafras trees atop Cobblers Knob.
Imagine, if you will, a gentle breeze and the spicy scent of warm pine needles as an accompaniment to the view.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County Michigan.
September 30, 2012.
D273-2012 The distant woods are beginning to take on more color.  As seen through the pines and sassafras trees atop Cobblers Knob.
Imagine, if you will, a gentle breeze and the spicy scent of warm pine needles as an accompaniment to the view.
.
Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County Michigan.
September 30, 2012.
D273-2012 The distant woods are beginning to take on more color. As seen through the pines and sassafras trees atop Cobblers Knob.
Imagine, if you will, a gentle breeze and the spicy scent of warm pine needles as an accompaniment to the view.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County Michigan.
September 30, 2012.
See photo in original gallery.