Author Archives: Meggen Watt Petersen

Vol. XX – #161 – Meggen’s Monday – Labor Day

Happy Labor Day! Gratitude to all who work hard – we all benefit from your efforts. Today’s photos are from Saturday (two days ago), the Joy’s catch of whitefish (below) and glimpses of North Manitou Island – we got a quick visit in between last week’s high winds and the winds that picked up yesterday and today. Have a good… Read more »

Vol. XX – #120 Meggen’s Monday

  “I love to go a-wandering, along the mountain track, and as I go, I love to sing, my knapsack on my back…” so many times I’ve sung Happy Wanderer at Sunday Night Sings. It comes to mind when I am on a beautiful elevated trail such as the Empire Bluff Trail. Today’s photos offer glimpses of an amazing and… Read more »

Vol XX – #084 Meggen’s Monday

I love the early morning light as it begins to illuminate things we see every day, perhaps in a fresh new way. The light coming through the purple glass circle art at the Old Art Building caught my attention and I just had to stop and take a photo. The rest of the photos today are of our beloved commercial… Read more »

Vol XX – #078 Meggen’s Monday

Sometimes in order to make a photo come out the way you envision, you need to go to the location…. and wait. Wait for all the elements to line up just so, and possibly run in between two locations, such as the moments in between the top photo and the one above. The Manitou Passage offers endless photo ops, from… Read more »