Photographer and visual storyteller documenting the relationship between people, nature, and place.

Today’s sun brought slightly warmer temperatures hitting the low 40’s at 3:30pm. The bright day brought people, kids, pets and surfers out to Robert Moses State Park and Fire Island National Seashore.

The Great South Bay has frozen over and it’s anticipated the ice will remain until mid-March.

Temperatures haven’t broken freezing in several days allowing for the Great South Bay to form ice.

This mornings snowfall didn’t alter those that live in the alternative universe of an endless summer on Long Island South Shore.

People sometimes ask if I ever get bored: the same walk, the same views, the same dunes, the same lighthouse. The truth is, I don’t.

The heart of the park is the Connetquot River itself — fed by quiet tributaries, marsh flats, and shadowed wetlands. Trails roll from sandy carriage roads to tight footpaths knotted with roots and planked crossings that skip over wet ground.

Every tree tells the story. Pitch pines lean in permanent agreement, their branches swept eastward like brushstrokes pulled by an unseen hand.

Under the roof of Suffolk County Community College’s Suffolk Credit Union Arena, the Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) held its annual Walk in the Park fundraiser — a celebration of hope, movement, and inclusion.