This is the 12th Spring that I have had the great fortune to witness the spectacular bloom of the Wild Lupine here in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. These waist tall and majestic perennials paint the countryside like a Monet work for about two weeks. Purple, Pink, White, and shades in between fill the palette. Next week they will be at their peak and I plan on taking both the Polaroid SX-70 and the Mamiya 6 loaded with Kodak Portra to the base of the bluffs in Bessemer for a wide angle shot of the bloom in front of the towering Gogebic Range.

The dog and I will be leaving for McClain State Park in the Historic Keweenaw Peninsula early Saturday, pulling the beloved Scamp camper. First photographic excursion of the Spring and a time to relax, cook outdoors, and soak up the beauty of the lands that first attracted by family from Quebec in the 1890’s.