11 July 2025

By Way of Ferns

Broad Meadow Brook, Worcester, Massachusetts
 
This place 
is named after a brook that passes through unnoticed.

 WHY?

Ferns, ferns...
 in all their beauty,
  mingle with trees in the freshest creations.

Then this meadow, overgrown in joyful sways.
 Just watch and feel!!!
  Grass, grass...
    and the brook. I don't see him but I know he is HERE... 

Broad Meadow Brook : ... this place is named after a brook...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... passing through...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... unnoticed...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... why ?...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... ferns mingle with trees...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... along the paths...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... in freshest creations...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... over the bridge...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... onto the meadow...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... overgrown...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... in joyful sways...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... just watch...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... ohhh, well...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... we'll find the way...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... ferns, ferns...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... in all their beauty...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... giving thanks to a passer-by...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... and the brook...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... in his own way...

Broad Meadow Brook : ... I don't see him but I know he is here...


28 June 2025

In Green

Broad Meadow Brook, Worcester, Massachusetts
 
Dragonflies animate in sparkling flutter.
 
Looks like the work of a beaver.
The trunks of dead trees are the posts for herons to land on and observe.
 
Not much water.

Enough for the swan to paddle, plucking out duckweeds.
Other than that,
   grasses, leaves and flowers. The colorful hideouts.
 
 Red-winged blackbirds sing their songs... 

Broad Meadow : ... a touch of repose...

Broad Meadow : ... animates...

Broad Meadow : ... enlivens duckweed blanket...

Broad Meadow : ... looks like the work of a beaver...

Broad Meadow : ... where they land and observe...

Broad Meadow : ... leaves, flowers...

Broad Meadow : ... red-winged blackbirds sing their songs...

Broad Meadow : ... amidst the colorful hideouts...

Broad Meadow : ... and moments...

Broad Meadow : ... with the flower...


20 June 2025

Back Again

Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Lush, green.

Just about there must be a free flowing stream.
Wildly dense.

Young pines are thriving.

Here,
 Fowler's Toad, almost invisible.
  Over there,
     Oriole likes to be seen.

So many flowers, buzzing.

Emergent forest celebrates... 

Tidmarsh: ... from cranberry farming to the wild glory of wetland...

Tidmarsh: ... lush, green...

Tidmarsh: ... and alive...

Tidmarsh: ... young pines are thriving...

Tidmarsh: ... so many flowers...

Tidmarsh: ... buzzing...

Tidmarsh: ... likes to be seen...

Tidmarsh: ... amidst the long views...

Tidmarsh: ... just about there must be a stream...

Tidmarsh: ... come closer, still do not see it...

Tidmarsh: ... aha, free as a bird...

Tidmarsh: ... meanders...

Tidmarsh: ... and attracts...

Tidmarsh: ... shapes and forms...

Tidmarsh: ... coming together...

Tidmarsh: ... emergent forest celebrates...


12 June 2025

Living Dunes

 Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Swallows have arrived for the summer,
  digging burrows in dunes with their feet and wings,
    faces all in sand.

 Dunes do not stand still
   and looking at this work, I can't help but ask: Will they hold ?

 Graceful flyovers surround. What a scene !

   Yes, they will hold...

Crane Beach: ... swallows have arrived...

Crane Beach: ... digging summer homes...

Crane Beach: ... dunes do not stand still...

Crane Beach: ... and looking at this work...

Crane Beach: ... I can't help but ask: will they hold ?...

Crane Beach: ... graceful flyovers surround...

Crane Beach: ... what a scene ! yes, they will hold...