Shell

 

Chesapecten jeffersonius

York River

 

Mellow Yellow

 

Sunflowers

 

Fritillary

 

Swallowtails

 

Red Sky

 

Linked to Skywatch Friday

Seldom Seen

 

A couple of largely forgotten corners of Virginia's former capital city.

MGA

 

Retro's

 

    

Restaurateurs have made some interesting adaptations to this pandemic, as in the case of this second story addition to Retro's. Haven't been up there yet myself. Maybe have to try some of their "Root Beer on Tap" one day.

Paths

 

Yes, it's been hot, but still beautiful.

Taskinas Creek

 

York River as seen from the mouth of Taskinas Creek . . .

where the fiddler crabs have quickly disappeared into the grass . . .

and where students studying the creek's wildlife can also temporarily "disappear" from view.

Boat Launch

 

One of my favorite places--the boat launch at York River State Park.

Clouds

 

Linking to Skywatch Friday

Powhatan Creek

 

I recently carted my old Penobscot down to Powhatan Creek for another afternoon float.

Headed upstream . . .

passing beneath numerous bald cypress . . .

and beside their myriad "knees".

Summer Gardens II

 

Windmill

 

For months now, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has been in the process of moving its historic windmill to this new site where it will be much more visible to the public.

Now it has finally happened and I am looking forward to soon seeing it in full operation again.

Summer Gardens

 

Farewell

 

As I bid farewell to Massachusetts, my plane passed over Fort Independence there in the foreground and the islands of Boston Harbor beyond. 

Mt. Tom North Trailhead Park

Old Pascommuck

 

As I was setting out on yet another trail, this time near Northampton, Massachusetts, I happened across this memorial. 

Hemlock Trail II

 

The rest of the Hemlock Trail led me back along the shore of the Upper Hemlock Lake . . .

past some lovely mountain laurel . . .

and the remnants of a quintessentially New England-style rock fence.

Hemlock Trail

 

Follow the Highland Lake Trail long enough and you can eventually connect with the Hemlock Trail, which quite understandably leads you through a lovely Hemlock forest.