Tag Archives: Black Partridge Woods

The Monsters in Our Midst

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

Along this tranquil autumn stream, monsters lurk in plain sight. Location: Black Partridge Woods, Lemont, Illinois Forest Preserve District of Cook County At Black Partridge Woods, invisible raindrops plummet from the gray onto a canopy of yellow sugar maples, dislodging … Continue reading →

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Searching for Spring (and Skunk Cabbage)

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

Today, March 10, 2013, spring officially began in the Chicago area. For me, the beginning of spring does not arrive in a fanfare of color. Rather, it begins subtly, when sometime in March, speckled maroon and yellow spathes of skunk cabbage … Continue reading →

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Transcendental Light & The Art of Landscape Photography

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

On this typical May morning, along a bluff at Black Partridge Woods, transcendental rays of new-day light fleck the verdant floor and streak across serpentine waves of woodland phlox, casting the divine onto this springtime panorama. Thirty minutes earlier, though, only flat blue shade … Continue reading →

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