30 October 2018

On the Rainy Day

Witch Hole Pond Loop, Acadia National Park

... circling boggy, wooded areas with ponds ... and the beaver's home... all in the view: the dam, the house, the pond... haze in the air and dead trees mystify the place... raindrops tapping the stillness... the master is asleep...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... on the rainy day...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... in shades of gray...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... when the pond's surface comes alive...



Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... the beaver's home... all in the view...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... the dam...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... the house...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... the pond...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... some are sacrificed...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... for others to live...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... and the rain continues...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... autumn showing...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... the water beneath...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... swirling...

Witch Hole Pond Loop: ... in glints of light...

24 October 2018

Eagle's Crag

Eagle's Crag, Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park

... the place for eagles to take breaks from their fly-overs... suggestive of heights and cliffs... I hope for a safe point... SAFE by my standards...

Eagles's Crag: ... safe by my standards...

Eagles's Crag: ... autumn...

Eagles's Crag: ... in outbursts of colors...

Eagles's Crag: ... some readying for the winter... others not so eager... just yet...

Eagles's Crag: ... watching...

Eagles's Crag: ... like an eagle...

21 October 2018

Hiking Pemetic Mountain

North Ridge and South Ridge, Pemetic Mountain, Acadia National Park

ACADIA... poetic splendor... touches my soul so deeply... each time I come HERE...

Pemetic: ... lichens, mosses, conifers... moist... the world of boreal forest...

Pemetic: ... and granite rocks left by glaciers...

Pemetic: ... always in the way...

Pemetic: ... the trees know well...

Pemetic: ... this is the way...

Pemetic: ... now this does not look like a trail... except for the blue marker...

Pemetic: ... who is she?... not a tree...

Pemetic: ... down around my shoes... intrinsically artistic...

Pemetic: ... is this why we admire birds?...

Pemetic: ... and do not see them...

Pemetic: ... waving through...

Pemetic: ... the wonderland...

Pemetic: ... step, stop, step, stop... all around me...

Pemetic: ... and beyond...

Pemetic: ... Jordan Pond... lurking...

Pemetic: ... did I mention birds?...

Pemetic: ... the ocean encroaching...

Pemetic: ... all rock... is it?...

Pemetic: ... meant to be a pathway...

Pemetic: ... a strip-like dyke in the fractured granite... a long untold story...

Pemetic: ... where all comes together...

Pemetic: ... hey, we need to pass...