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Photos from Spring

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 26, 2024| 4 Comments »

Photos: John and Suzanne’s Mom, except for one.

Midsommar arrived with a heat wave in these parts, and now it’s summer. I decided to round up some things that caught my eye in spring before I start shooting summer.

Above is a Minuteman Park garden at the Buttrick House, featuring iris and peonies.

Wild iris bloom near a New Shoreham pond, and a flowery display decorates Wayland Avenue in Providence.

Rhododendrons on my early morning walk. The North Bridge in Concord. A well-loved antique car.

A weasel on the terrace at my retirement community — lots of excitement.

Sandra M. Kelly shot the photo of the Painted Rock, artist unknown. The work shows the island’s North Light, presumably at sunset.

I liked the early shadows at a playhouse I saw on my walk.

The stone fence near the historic house Smilin’ Through has a sweet view of Fresh Pond.

I bought a wonderful carrot-ginger soup at the farmers market. And I talked to a woman who was selling bottle-cap art and making more as she waited for customers.

Giant sushi rolls. (Just kidding. It’s sod.)

Early morning shadows.

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Not Just Iris

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on June 1, 2022| 6 Comments »

What a great time of year for New England nature photos — really, any photo that benefits from strong sunlight.

The first two iris photos are from the the grounds of the Buttrick Mansion at Minuteman National Park. The next one shows wild irises in a swamp near Walgreen’s.

Finding rare Lady Slippers is always a thrill, especially finding a large stand. The photo after the Lady Slippers shows fragrant lilacs and wisteria. That one is followed by a field of pink Dame’s Rocket near woods. The little bridge with the crab apple canopy is just off a busy parking lot. Even small pockets of nature are important.

The next photo is by Kristina, whose yard has a stream running through it. The painted turtle was not found there, however. It was on a high stone wall by the park. Someone must have rescued it from the middle of the road. It didn’t seem to know what to do about being so high up. Perhaps it was injured. I moved it to a field across the street. Not sure I did right.

A lot of people in town have been holding off on mowing in order to protect our pollinators. See the signs. I love that they are doing that — and not just because of the reprieve from noisy, polluting lawn mowers.

A different kind of sign is in Walden Woods. Author Toni Morrison once noted that there were few markers preserving the history of the enslaved. This one honors former slave Brister Freeman, well known in town during Thoreau’s time.

Next we have spring wreaths, a high school senior dressed as a clown for Pranks Day, glamorous table legs in a bakery, and the dogwood at my house.

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Closing in on Summer

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 1, 2015| 4 Comments »

On this cold and rainy day, I am remembering how Saturday in Rhode Island felt like summer. Here are a few pics: dawn, a flowering shrub, white iris, a beach fence, a cobwebby view of my younger grandson and me, the harbor, the boat’s wake in the sunset. (Erik gets credit for the jeweled-cobweb shot.)

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Purple

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on May 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The other day, after taking grandchildren to the park, my husband remarked on how most flowering shrubs, other than yellow forsythia, seem to be pink. I wanted to see if that was so. I went for a walk. There was pink, it’s true — one rhododendron a very dark pink. And some white (apple blossoms and white lilacs). But I ended up seeing a lot of purple, in both shrubs (lilac, wisteria) and early flowers (phlox, vinca, iris, and violets). Here are a few pictures.

In addition to my purples, I am posting two other recent photos: the sunlit new bike path and seed pods on a tree.

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