Tag: Gitche Gumee

• Poem

  

  Sands of Time Around the lake on winds of changeThe sands of time did rearrangeTo shift terrain along the shoreResculpting landscapes to explore © 2022 Phil Perkins One of the early lessons I learned as a child growing up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, in the city of Marquette on Lake Superior, was the enormous power…

  Nature, Photography, Poetry & Writing

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• Music and Design

  

  Songs that I’m listening to this morning while working with photography and/or creating designs… Take Five – by The Dave Brubeck Quartet / 1959 Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – by Gordon Lightfoot / 1976 He Went to Paris – by Jimmy Buffett / 1973 This stylized photograph was taken of the harbor in Marquette,…

  Miscellaneous, Music

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• Gitche Gumee

  The Big Lake The legend lives on…this is Lake Superior, referred to by the Chippewa Indians as “Gitche Gumee” – the Big Lake. I took this photograph in the upper peninsula of Michigan, near Little Presque Isle outside of Marquette. If that’s too far to drive, you can always visit my galleries at Pixels and…

  Graphics, Photography

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• Waves On The Big Lake

  

  Waves splash into shore through the shallows of Lake Superior near Little Presque Isle, located north of Marquette in Michigan’s upper peninsula. While I encourage people to travel whenever possible, guests may enjoy this beautiful scenery from the comfort of their own home by visiting my gallery at Fine Art America. Discover great prints –…

  Nature, Photography

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