Out from the cold

For the third year in a row, I have had the good fortune to visit the historic Cleveland Trust Building for photography.   Some of you may recall my blog posting from earlier this year:

Blog Posting - Cleveland Trust Building - March 2012

The building is a beautiful and ornate design that features a huge Tiffany glass ceiling in the main rotunda.  This visit I was prepared to capture the entire dome ceiling in a single image.

This time, while visiting, I found another vault which in my past visits, I was unaware of.    In either black and white or color, the intricate beautiful that the building craftsmen put upon this metal is exquisite.  

You can view all of my visits to the beautiful building in these galleries:

Cleveland Trust Building - Dec. 2012
Cleveland Trust Building - March 2012
Clevleand Trust Building - April 2011

GORGEous Winter

The gorge locations around northern Ohio can be filled with winter magic.    When the ice forms, certain locations take on a mystical quality of ice and, color and water.

One such area is the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio.   This dramatic scene is right in the middle of a highly urbanized area, but still retains the rugged remote feel of a wild gorge.  

At one time this location was called the 'Niagara Falls' of Ohio.

It is easy to understand why.

When explored by foot, the grand majesty of the torrential water can because a calm and peaceful study of micro ice formations when the water stagnates.

GORGEous New Year

Happy New Year!!!

Hope you had a joyous, healthy and loving holiday season.    Around northern Ohio, mother nature has graced us with some beautiful snow to make it feel like winter.

The above image and the following images are from the beautiful Chippewa Creek Gorge in the Brecksville Reservation of the Cleveland Metro Parks.   One of the true gems of the emerald necklace.   That is the nickname the park system has, and it is very appropriate.

After I have been sharing some time with the winter beauty in the Cleveland Metro Parks, I traveled to the Everett Road Covered bridge in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to see the bridge perched above Furnace Run.

Enjoy the new year and all the best for a prosperous 2013!!!