Here As Well

Tidmarsh, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Almost missed. 

 Minuscule brightness on the yellow petals.   

   Resting down there, near my boots... 

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

Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Once a farm for growing cranberries,
 Tidmarsh underwent the largest ecological restoration ever completed in the Northeast.
  Nearly three and a half miles of arrested streams were given back to join others
    in making this swampy space alive and connect
  the headwaters of Beaver Dam Brook to the ocean so Herrings can journey upstream over again...

This place shows how nature responds to different conditions and how,
  if given a chance,
 IT always comes back to the state where each and every part plays a role to sustain the whole... 

and Then IT Shows

Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Spring comes in steps...
   and the first steps mean so much,
      as if the last page has finally been turned and the new chapter begins...