Twenty or more years ago, this open space was part of the forest seen in the background. The creek that winds it way through here was dammed by beavers and the open space now filled with grasses, bushes, and dead tree trunks became a lake. Among the grasses and bushes are small trees that will grow into a forest again (if the humans don’t develop it first).
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Pond reflections II
From the other side of the no name pond.
Pond reflections I
Prince in waiting
One needs to look carefully to find the prince in this image; a kiss may help.
Canoe in waiting
An old canoe awaits another trip while resting near the Madagascal stream.
Grand falls
The Grand Falls on the Passadumkeag stream in central Maine last week.
Time of daylilies
The daylilies have started to bloom for us
Sparrow in the rough
A chipping sparrow wanders the grounds along the driveway.
Blackbird on the bog
On the Smithfield Plantation (land reserved as a nature conservancy in Litchfield, ME), there is swampy bog where this blackbird always appears during the summer season to get his picture taken.
Bog trees in summer
My favorite stand of dead trees doesn’t look much different in summer as compared to the winter.
