Broken tree
Author: john gregory
maps of the past
A close up of a Monk’s map of North America
Bird your post
The noisy summer is over; the superstorms have come and gone; one can spend a late afternoon in the middle of autumn standing on a post in the water.
Wooden bear
A Maine black bear carved from a block of wood using a chain saw.
Mussel delivery
The truck delivering the latest batch of seafood sometimes arrives early; sometimes there are customers hanging around waiting.
The path through the trees
A former electric railway right-of-way provides a trail through the frontwoods. Abandoned in the 1940s or so, it is now used as a snowmobile path in the winter.
Greens, browns, and yellows
Nature’s colors in a Maine creek are subtle as we wait for the first frost of the season.
The truth about the leaves
The sad reality is that forty-seven percent of the autumn leaves don’t contribute to the beautiful New England foliage season. They are takers, consuming scarce sunlight and carbon dioxide, and contaminating the environment with oxygen.
Fall on the pond
The approaching autumn season in Maine brings shorter days, cooler temperatures, and a season ending splash of color. The end of summer and the beginning of fall is caught in this late afternoon late September image.
Periwinkle line-up
john's f-stop 