“It holds the sun, reflects the sky, A mirror to the dragonfly. Yet underneath, its roots embrace The muddy depths with quiet grace.”
Lotus Pond
The Holden Arboretum
August 2025
“Under the thick blanket of the heavy July air, we suffer the summer heat, and dread to see it end.”
July 2025
“In early June, the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes…”
John Steinbeck
“I am thankful that in a troubled world, no calamity can prevent the return of spring”
Helen Keller
Sharing a Border, Friendship, and the Beauty of a Sunset
A collaboration with Canadian photographer Frank Pelsoczi. A sunset across Lake Erie from Port Stanley Beach, Ontario and Mentor, Ohio on April 22, 2025
🇨🇦Frank Pelsoczi, Port Stanley, ON
🇺🇸Joseph Aber, Mentor, OH
🇨🇦Frank Pelsoczi, Port Stanley, ON
🇺🇸Joseph Aber, Mentor, OH
🇨🇦Frank Pelsoczi, Port Stanley, ON
🇺🇸Joseph Aber, Mentor, OH
🇨🇦Frank Pelsoczi, Port Stanley, ON
🇺🇸Joseph Aber, Mentor, OH
🇨🇦Frank Pelsoczi, Port Stanley, ON
“When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable. This is no time for hurry or for bustle.”
John Steinbeck
New Life, New Beginnings
March 2025
March Morning, Corning Lake, Holden Arboretum
Crocuses in Morning Light
Snowdrops, Holden Arboretum
New Life, New Beginnings
Iris at Sunrise
Greeting the Day
Corning Mist
Amongst Friends
Irises Rising Forth
Winter's End
Foggy morning
Springing Forth
2025 will be a year of change…
Sunrise Shadows in Winter, January 2025
Headlands, January 2025
Heavy Snow, Holden Arboretum
Passing Time, February 2025
Baldwin Woods in Winter, Holden Arboretum
Sunrise, Mentor Lagoons
Trapped in Winter
December Fog, Mentor Lagoons, December 2024
December Fog, Mentor Lagoons, December 2024
Troubled Skies