96/365 - Plaster

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One thing about Copper Country ruins is that, as a rule, only the foundations remain. If the upper walls exist at all, it's only the outside bits -- brick or cement, at most. It's rare to see a glimpse of something so commonplace as plaster, or lath. They've all been torn down, rotted away, or been destroyed over the years. Here's an exception to that rule, up at the old wood-frame entryway to the Quincy Mine's blacksmith shop.

95/365 - Planting Season

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Amazingly, I'm already tilling out in the garden, and some of the perennial herbs are popping up already. This rusty old cultivator is coming in handy!

94/365 - Buds

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We had rain today -- the first real rain of spring (everything else was just fog and snow). I wandered up to Quincy, looking for a photo. In the middle of the Roundhouse, these buds were hanging out, covered in droplets. I don't know what they are -- pussy willows? Seems unlikely, but I don't know otherwise.

93/365 - Upper Jacobs Falls

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Today, I paid an unexpected visit to Jacob's Creek, a lovely creek up in the Keweenaw. I was trying to find the old Arnold Mine's #2 shaft. The #1 Shaft is located on the banks of Jacob's Creek, and the creek even flows underneath its rockpile. The creek has one well-known waterfall pretty far downstream, but basically the entire stream is a series of waterfalls, all set in a deep and rocky gorge. This photo was taken far upstream, near the rock pile.

92/365 - Crocus

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You know it's spring when the crocuses start to pop up! I've been watching for a while, but these are the first that I've seen pushing up through the old grass. There were only a few white ones, and even fewer purple ones (which weren't surviving nearly as well as this lovely one).

Hoists and Reflections

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Two old hoists at the Quincy Mine, both of which once served the Quincy #2 shaft-rockhouse. These are, from left to right, the newest (and largest), and the middle hoist. The original is behind my back.

91/365 - Hungarian Falls

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Hungarian Falls is a beautiful series of waterfalls (and a deep gorge) just down the road from my house. I've photographed it during the spring melt a few times before.

This is just a small seasonal waterfall on a side stream (which doesn't even flow during the summer!), but with beautiful red sandstone in the streambed. The waterfalls like at the Keweenaw Fault, which separates the beautiful red Jacobsville Sandstone from the darker (and greyer) Portage Lake volcanic flows.