EROSION - Gardens at Waters East

The shore at Gardens at Waters East has taken a real beating these last weeks.   Lake Michigan water levels are way up and so there is lots of serious erosion happening all around the lake.  Homes are falling into the lake and lots of property has been swallowed up by the waters.  Strong storms with very strong winds coming from the East have greatly increased the damage.

Here are some photos of “before” and “after” of the beach shore at the gardens.  Much of what you will see in the photos no longer exist!  It is gone!

Before the erosion and storms

You will see more of this oak tree in other photos.

 Looking North

 Looking South

 Notice the old Oak Tree

 Here is the tree once again - and the wide shore.

It is no longer here - all gone!

 All gone.

Up to the very edge of the trees you see in this photo.

The above photos were before the erosion.

Now look at what has been happening to the shore.

In earlier times!

Beyond the Watershed.3

This series is a collection of photos taken in Upper Michigan – the “UP” during the time of the Autumn colors.  This is the third, and last in the series - Beyond the Watershed.

This is a different Watershed from that of Gardens at Waters East.  The waters in the areas of these photos empty into Lake Superior, whereas the waters around the area of the Gardens at Waters East empty into Lake Michigan.

 Sable Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

 Canyon Falls

 Castle Rock - Pictured Rocks

 Au Sable Light Station

view from Log Slide overlook

view from along - -  H58 Scenic Road

 Palms Brook Spring - view from a glass-bottom boat.

See the sand gushing up from the springs down forty feet.

Fish are more than three feet long.

 Castle Rock

 Sable Falls

 Miners Beach - Pictured Rocks

Miners Beach

Beyond the Watershed.2

This series is a collection of photos taken in Upper Michigan – the “UP” during the time of the Autumn colors.  So many trees, so many colors, here are a few.

This is a different Watershed from that of Gardens at Waters East.  The waters in the areas of these photos empty into Lake Superior, whereas the waters around the area of the Gardens at Waters East empty into Lake Michigan.

 Beginning of Canyon Falls

 view along the the road through Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

 Canyon Falls

 view from top of Mt. Arvon

 colors and colors and colors!

 Miners Beach - Lake Superior

 more colors

Beyond the Watershed.1

This series is a collection of photos taken in Upper Michigan – the “UP” during the time of the Autumn colors. This posting will focus on a couple of the waterfalls in the area.

This is a different Watershed from that of Gardens at Waters East.  The waters in the areas of these photos empty into Lake Superior, whereas the waters around the area of the Gardens at Waters East empty into Lake Michigan.

 Keweenaw Peninsula 

 Munising Falls

 Miners Falls

Sable Falls

Sable Falls - movie

 Mount Arvon

 Castle Rock - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Munising Falls - movie

Degas - some words of wisdom!

On January 6^th. of 2015, there was a posting of Plein Air paintings of the Gardens at Waters East.  Today’s posting is going to once again post those same three original artworks first published under the heading:  A Quote – Degas.  In this posting those three paintings will now be “contrasted” with photographs taken near where those paintings were created.  You’ll get to appreciate both the artist interpretation and the natural view as seen from a photograph.  Hope you like the “contrast” in this posting of the gardens here along the shores of Lake Michigan.

Enjoy

“A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.”

Degas

A series of three different painting

 Middle Arch - path

 Series one - above!

 Looking South

 Series two - above!

 Fields from the Gardens

 Series three- above!

 Sunset at Gardens at Waters East

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

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