Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Chesapecten Jeffersonius


Chesapecten jeffersonius? I think so. If so, then Wikipedia says that it is "the fossilized form of an extinct scallop, which lived in the early Pliocene epoch between four and five million years ago on Virginia's coastal plain."

Friday, August 8, 2025

Trail Bites

A recent return to the Greensprings Interpretive Trail revealed higher than usual water levels in the swamp and . . . a correspondingly high number of bug bites. Ouch!

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Wingin' It


Over the North Atlantic


Over Frankford, New Jersey