28 December 2018

Leaves Everywhere

Fells Reservation, Massachusetts

... on the ground... up in the air... curling, coloring, vibrating... damming streams... at the bottom of ponds...
   ... rustling under my boots...

Fells: ... on the ground...

Fells: ... up in the air...

Fells: ... curling...

Fells: ... coloring...

Fells: ... vibrating...

Fells: ... damming...

Fells: ... at the bottom...

Fells: ... rustling under my boots...

Fells: ...

24 December 2018

Living Ponds

Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

... Canada goose relaxing on the edge of frozen and fluid... having both worlds only a jump away... ring-necked ducks on their daily routine... paddling, diving, cleaning feathers...
... a heron has just landed on the frozen Black's Nook... a bit slippery landing... the one she knows all about... continues inspecting the surface...
   ... on this cold winter day...

Fresh Pond: ... relaxing on the edge of frozen and fluid...

Fresh Pond: ... paddling...

Fresh Pond: ... diving...

Fresh Pond: ...

Fresh Pond: ... cleaning...

Black's Nook: ... inspecting... on this cold winter day...

20 December 2018

Mushrooming

Lusitania Woods, Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

... this tree has been dead for a few years... does not get to be seen until one steps closer... and a community of mushrooms shows up in full view... thriving on these cold winter days, while all others are sleeping...
   ... I can almost hear them: Hey, you Sleepers, what a marvelous time to be awake...
   ... and the tree comes alive...

Lusitania Woods: ... this tree has been dead for a few years...

Lusitania Woods: ... a closer look... and a community of mushrooms shows up...

Lusitania Woods: ... in full view...

Lusitania Woods: ... thriving...

Lusitania Woods: ... on these cold winter days...

Lusitania Woods: ... Hey, you Sleepers...

Lusitania Woods: ... what a marvelous time to be awake...

Lusitania Woods: ... and the tree comes alive...



16 December 2018

Rigid and Cold

Mass Audubon Broadmoor, Natick, Massachusetts

... wintry rigid and cold envelops Broadmoor... frozen sketch sheets permeate the forest... the time of golden grasses and long shadows... with intermittent ice-cracking sounds...
   ... a woodpecker knock-knock-knocks... and this is all I can hear...

Broadmoor: ... rigid and cold...

Broadmoor: ... imbuing the pond's surface...

Broadmoor: ... with frozen life...

Broadmoor: ... and breath...

Broadmoor: ... sketch sheets permeate the forest...

Broadmoor: ... grabbing my attention...

Broadmoor: ... sheet by sheet...

Broadmoor: ... gazing...

Broadmoor: ... the time of golden grasses...

Broadmoor: ... and long shadows...

Broadmoor: ... caught up in the play...

Broadmoor: ... with intermittent cracking sounds...

Broadmoor: ... and knock-knock-knocks...

Broadmoor: ... towards the sun...





11 December 2018

Quite a Special View

Lusitania Meadow, Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts

... strolling Lusitania Meadow... edging cottonwood trees, weaving the heights... and then there is this branch... chosen by a red-tailed hawk... we have seen her before, sitting on this same branch...
   ... quite a special view... quite a special branch...

Lusitania Meadow: ... quite a special view...

Lusitania Meadow: ... quite a special branch...





06 December 2018

Between the Sun and Clouds

Mass Audubon North River, Marshfield, Massachusetts

... through the marshland, out into the ocean... golden touch-ups amid moving darkness...
   ... a place on the river between the sun and clouds...

North River: ... through the marshland, out into the ocean...

North River: ... grasses... bring me closer to the river...

North River: ... and the wind...

North River: ... a few steps...

North River: ... in the woods...

North River: ... Yes, I see you !

North River: ... golden touch-ups...

North River: ... amid moving darkness...

North River: ... dispersing sparkles...

North River: ... a place on the river...

North River: ... between the sun and clouds...