Places I'm At Now
A few more pics from this century, and closer to home. These were all already digital, so a lot easier to post. We'll start with a few from the Adirondacks of upstate New York.
Autumn leaves and lily pads float on a secluded pond, Herron Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. October 24, 2024, 2:44 PM.
Fair weather clouds over the Giant, Giant's Chest, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 8, 2024, 1:17 PM.
River of Gold, Mill River, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 25, 2024, 11:22 AM.
Grassy forest glade on a golden October evening, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 8, 2024, 4:11 PM.
Looking across autumn treetops, Right Knee, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 8, 2024, 2:45 PM.
Wintergreen Brook as it becomes Lake Wintergreen, West Rock State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 31, 2024, 3:23 PM.
Monochrome. A partially frozen stream empties into a frozen lake, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. February 11, 2021, 5:09 PM.
Top of the abandoned quarry overlooking Konolds Pond, West Rock Ridge State Park, Woodbridge, Connecticut. October 31, 2024, 1:17 PM.
Fire on the mountain sunset, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. December 19, 2024, 4:37 PM.
Umbrella November, stylized version, Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 24, 2019, 4:21 PM.
Big Rock, Mattatuck Trail, Mad River ravine, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 19, 2019, 4:15 PM.
Eastern jack-o'lantern mushrooms, Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 7, 2019, 3:21 PM.
Sunset daisies, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 21, 2020, 8:50 PM.
Lake Dawson and the West River Valley from West Rock Ridge State Park, Woodbridge, Connecticut. October 21, 2024, 2:24 PM.
Abstract ice sculptures, Mattatuck Trail, Mad River ravine, Wolcott, Connecticut. January 18, 2019, 4:44 PM.
No Trespassing, Woodtick Trail Beecher Road crossing, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 25, 2017, 3:41 PM. The somewhat excessive use of nails probably contributed to the death of this tree.
Fire on the mountain sunset, version 2, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. December 19, 2024, 4:42 PM.
Coming out of the pines onto the cliffs, Giant's Chest, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 16, 2024, 1:16 PM.
November stillness, Herron Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. November 19, 2024, 1:56 PM
Monochrome. Thunderheads swallowing the sun, Whitestone Cliffs, Plymouth, Connecticut. September 6, 2018, 4:39 PM.
Soft onshore summer breeze caresses the budding yellow flowers, New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 3, 2020, 7:04 PM.
Evening ridge walk through a burning bush thicket, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 25, 2024, 5:06 PM.
Shredded clouds, New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 6, 2018, 7:27 PM.
Fairy ring of eastern jack-o'lantern mushrooms against a drab forest floor, Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 7, 2019, 3:22 PM.
Baldwin Drive in autumn, West Rock State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 21, 2024, 2:00 PM.
October ridge walk, Regicides Trail, West Rock State Park, Woodbridge, Connecticut. October 21, 2024, 1:53 PM.
Salmon coral fungus, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. August 16, 2018, 6:10 PM.
Eroded trail through burning bush thicket, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 25, 2023, 5:21 PM.
Electric transmission lines sunset, Hancock Brook Trail, Mattatuck State Forest, Waterbury, Connecticut. May 6, 2021, 8:04 PM.
I'm no fan of these long wounds scarring the landscape, but this kind of sunset color is rare and fleeting and you don't get to pick where you see it.
Burst of late springtime wildflower thicket, Naugatuck River Greenway, Waterbury, Connecticut. June 16, 2024, 7:06 PM. Purple crown vetch and yellow bird's-foot trefoil would have made for a fitting Easter display.
Early spring idyll at Whittemore Sanctuary, Woodbury, Connecticut, March 29, 2024, 4:42 PM.
Above the crowd. Giant's Chest, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 25, 2024, 12:22 PM.
Abstract ice sculptures, Mattatuck Trail, Mad River ravine, Wolcott, Connecticut. January 18, 2019, 4:44 PM.
Monochrome. Gnarled tree trunk, Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 7, 2019, 4:03 PM.
New Haven and Long Island Sound in the slanting sunlight of a late November afternoon. View from the Giant's Right Leg, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. November 29, 2024, 2:59 PM.
Monochrome version. Early spring at Whittemore Sanctuary, Woodbury, Connecticut, March 29, 2024, 4:40 PM.
Salmon coral fungus, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. August 16, 2018, 6:10 PM.
Stately old forest in autumn, mountaintop plateau, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 16, 2024, 3:26 PM.
Monochrome. January rain, Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott, Connecticut. January 8, 2019, 4:38 PM.
More to come...