The most simple things can bring the most happiness.
Izabella Scorupco
January 13, 2023 - Wally on his own Tiny Planet- Ferndale, Michigan
January 13, 2023
This past week, while I was back in Michigan, I decided to play around with my camera, and my toy Walrus, Wally. I found him almost exactly a year ago at a rest area in Florida while on a road trip. I’ve been taking him everywhere since then. He’s very photogenic. There’s something oddly soulful in his expression. I hope the pictures make you smile; I had fun taking them.
January 14, 2023 - Wally finds an ice cave - Fennville, Michigan
January 14, 2023. The lake does magical things in winter - like this little ice cave which I imagine was created when water filled with sand flowed over the rock and somehow froze in a hollow shell. Later, when it got warmer, some icicles formed. It was almost as if it was custom made for Wally.
January 15, 2023 - Resting on the frozen driftwood
January 15, 2023. Posed Wally on a dark piece of driftwood covered in ice at the edge of Lake Michigan. This cold weather is just right for a Walrus. He’s in his element.
January 15, 2023 - Looking out from a soft moss bed - Pier Cove, Michigan
January 15, 2023. Took Wally on my long run to the Pier Cove Trail. I let him take a break in the soft moss by the edge of the trail mid-run. It turned out to be a beautiful sunny winter day.
January 15, 2023 - Wally gazing wistfully over the lake at sunset.
January 15, 2023. The perfect end to a beautiful sunny January day. Tired and happy, I took Wally down to watch the sunset.
January 16, 2023 - Wally reflecting on the shore of Lake Michigan.
January 17, 2023. Wally and me. Look at those eyes.
Here’s one from last year - not long after I found him. Wally stopping to smell the roses on Miami Beach. I’m thinking about doing an entire book of his adventures. Just for fun.
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
Gilbert K. Chesterton