The setting sun on Halloween was a fire in the sky.
Month: October 2014
Maine birches
Ancient stone walls
One of my favorite places: a well-crafted stone wall found out in the middle of a local forest. Two hundred years ago, this wall probably marked a cleared field producing agricultural products or supported a dairy herd. It is now a hidden treasure and monument to our past.
Curvature of the birch
One of the legacies of a New England ice storm: permanently arched tree trunks. These birches did not fully recover but, they did not break.
Little brown thing
My brother and I try to identify every bird we see but, when we admit defeat, we apply a generic ID, such as “LBT” for this one. I could only come up with a variety of siskin.
Changing colors
In Maine, if you watch carefully, one can see the leaves changing color in the fall.
Colorless fern
Autumn reds
I judge the quality of the fall seasonal colors from the extent and timing of the reds. Yellows and oranges are abundant and typical.
Bridge needs repair
A good example of our nation’s crumbling infrastructure.
Fall colors surround the creek
john's f-stop 
