Sunday Stroll Along Main Street in Ridgefield, CT (Photos)
It is wonderful to be out in all this splendor. I hope you are making the most of the season you find yourself in!
Nature
Photos from Early October Hikes in Connecticut
I’ve been reveling in this over here: the trees. the change of seasons, the smells, the compositions, the textures, the color and shape.
Woodland Compositions (Hiking Photos September 2019)
Here are some little vignettes from my recent hikes here in the Connecticut forest.
Day 37: Sunrises and Sunsets from the Trip
While we drive the last leg home, I thought you could marvel at this collection of five weeks of sunsets and sunrises.
Day 33: The Many Faces of Pond Water (and its Lessons)
– My study of South Branch Pond continues. These photos are all of the same pond in different moments. I love the contrasts, the compositions, the variation in one place, when you get still enough to notice. It is quite the metaphor, this still pond taking on so much humble interest. We all should be … Read more
Day 32: South Branch Pond (Reflections and Loons), Baxter State Park
This place is blissful, clean and clear, reflecting the changing light and full of wildlife. We loved it and rested deeply.
Day 31: Eight Mile Beach Hike to See Seals
In Kouchibouguac National Park we hiked 8 miles of remote shoreline on the Northumberland Strait to see seals; here are my photos.
Day 24: Insectarium and Butterfly Garden
This Insectarium in Newfoundland was a worthwhile field trip, and we had fun chasing butterflies to photograph them.
Day 22: West Coast of Newfoundland
Check out these photos of our meanderings to the northern most tip of Newfoundland.
Day 17: Gros Morne Fjord
Traveling up the Western Brook Pond Fjord in Gros Morne National Park has been on my bucket list for a long time. As a thirteen year old, I was privileged the go up the Norwegian fjords, and totally loved it. After that, I added every fjord onto my life-list.
Day 16: Baker’s Brook Falls Trail (with Lady’s Slippers)
The wildflowers were wonderful on this Baker’s Creek Falls hike in Gros Morne National Park.
Day 14: Ingonish Beach Campground, Nova Scotia
We loved our six days at the Ingonish Beach Campground in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
Day 13: Canadian Flowers
The flowers have been lovely, with lupine, lilacs, rhododendrons, and poppies everywhere. It is like spring here, a couple months behind the flowers at home.
Day 11: The Cabot Trail (Nova Scotia Highlands)
you can see ocean vistas, green hills the color of spring (in some cases they were almost yellow or turquoise!), moose barrens, bogs on the plateaus, rivers that look like root beer flowing, pink granite, crashing waves, lupine, lobster boats, and the Aspy fault line.
Day 10: Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Flowers in the Bog
I’ve seen carnivorous pitcher plants before but never their flowers! check them out!
Day 8: To Meat Cove, Nova Scotia
The fog rose from the ocean in a surreal way. The greens were very green, and you realize that July is their spring.