We have recently found several beaver dams in the backwoods. While we are hoping to get some pictures of the new inhabitants, we have gone back to the archives and found some interesting images from the past (here is an April 2017 snapshot from the far bog).
The leaves are starting to turn; a full color autumn has been forecast. The longevity and persistence of reds is how I grade the quality of a northern New England foliage season.
During the last few days, a number of different birds have been prowling around the property. Here is a downy woodpecker that spent several minutes investigating tree branches in the backyard today.
Local news has suggested that this is a banner year for squirrels. They apparently are everywhere and farmers are finding them eating their produce.
Earlier this year I managed to catch this youngish blue jay in the upper bog
from the no-name pond on a late summer late afternoon; an impressionist painting using light and water
from the no-name pond up close.
From a late afternoon at the no-name pond, the first of several impressionist presentations
john's f-stop 