Centipede shape - or perhaps dendritic - in the ice on a driveway after yesterday's freezing rain.

Excellent bubbles in the ice on Lake Sharvy at the Green Oaks Field Research Center. You can't tell in the photo but the shallow bubbles are about 6 inches down, the deepest bubbles about 10 inches down.

Sunset over Hope Cemetery, Galesburg IL.

A belated birthday recognition to Aldo Leopold who would have celebrated his 138th birthday on Jan. 11. Long may his ideas and writing continue to inspire conservationists and environmentalists everywhere.

In a former life I was an oceanographer studying how the Gulf Stream influences the distribution of zooplankton - especially copepods. Here is a drawing of one my favorites - Centropages hamatus. #crustmas

Taking a brief holiday break in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Winter arrived just as we did.

My neighbor's red maple is at peak color in this soft gray light

A field trip to see excellent restoration work on the Squamish estuary and wetlands in BC.

Me giving my talk on the need for a renewed approach to ecological restoration at the recent Society for Ecological Restoration North America conference in Vancouver BC. It was an excellent conference. Great to catch up with friends and colleagues and meet new people.

Moving water - Iceland

The world's cutest Smart Car. @knoxcollege

More fall colors gone to ground.

Autumn has fallen on the town

Autumn in the neighborhood

Almost all of my photos of water have people in them.

Gorgeous sugar maple showing off its autumn colors.

Silky rosegill and turkey tail at Green Oaks, Knox College's field station.