A Photo a Week Challenge: Reflection Sometimes, the reflections in the water is so sharp, it looks more “real” than the non-reflection above it. But always, because we live by rivers and ponds that are not fast flowing, reflections double the… Read More ›
SURIVING BRIDGES IN A VERY SMALL BOAT Gwaihir, our 16-foot Soling was a doughty sloop. Built of fiberglass, aluminum and a bit of teak for deck, rails and hatch, she lived in my basement through the off-season. I lovingly painted… Read More ›
Maggie stood in the kitchen looking at the water bill in astonishment. $5,000 dollars? Were they kidding? She looked at the usage. Half a million gallons? That was the size of a lake. A pretty big lake. “That’s insane,” she… Read More ›
BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS THAT EAT FISH AS THEIR PRIMARY DIET By the lakes and the ocean beaches from Maine to New York. A lot of our water birds — in particular swans and geese — don’t eat… Read More ›
FOTD – February 1 – Waterlily Near the shore of the pond in Whitinsville, close to where the swans nest, there are beautiful wild waterlilies. I’m told that waterlilies are one of the favorite snack food of moose, that they will… Read More ›
It hasn’t rained in weeks and it has been very hot. The trees are dropping green leaves which is a very unhealthy sign for the trees. It means that the roots are dying and many of these trees will die… Read More ›
We took a couple of days off and we really needed it. Just the joy of seeing people we like IN PERSON. Real, live people! Time outside … a windy day on the water. It’s not that we were lonely,… Read More ›
New England has a pretty big collection of native poets, of which Emily Dickenson was one. This poem so reminded me of this valley, with its hill and valleys and the mist over of the river. A good poem for… Read More ›
RDP Sunday–RIPPLES “With nary a ripple” signals ultimate peace. No waves, no white water. Just the smooth glassiness of water and it’s reflection of sky, clouds, and the trees along the bank. And maybe the reflection of the geese or… Read More ›
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water Our valley is full of rivers. Mostly, it is full of the Blackstone which winds its way down from the Worcester hills to its end in Newport, Rhode Island. Incidental to its biggest river, are several… Read More ›
The Changing Seasons, June 2019 I took more than 2000 pictures in May, but June, not so many. Part of that was taking down the bird feeders. I really miss the birds. I got a few bird pictures early in June… Read More ›
It was our time for a bit of R & R in the lush Connecticut woods, far from the madding crowd. It’s another world where we can recharge our life force and mental batteries. Our hosts are the kindly friends… Read More ›
