It was cold. We couldn’t last long but what we did see this New Year’s Day was quite worth the frigid quick roundtrip.
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Posts Tagged ‘urban landscape’
belle isle marsh encased
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, Belle Isle Marsh, Inspiration, nature, Photography, salt marsh, urban landscape, winter season on January 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
with the leaves gone …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Branches, nature, Photography, urban landscape, winter on December 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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there were birds in dublin of course
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, dublin, Inspiration, nature, Photography, travel, urban landscape, wildlife on November 13, 2017| 1 Comment »
Between the coastal waters, the River Liffey and all the various bodies of water to be found in green places like St. Stephen’s Green, birds are to be found everywhere, and most wonderfully so … though local folks do mention that there may be a problem with seagulls in the city. I recognized a few … the mallards, the herons, the gulls, the swans, and the lovely, loud magpies.
The most surprising capture was walking the trails of the University College Dublin-Belfield campus, getting lost, crossing a bridge, peering through some branches at a stream below and seeing this …
autumn along the southwest corridor
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn colors, beauty, Inspiration, nature, Photography, Southwest Corridor, urban landscape on November 1, 2017| 1 Comment »
milkweed
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, milkweed, nature, Photography, seeds, urban landscape on October 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
As I walked by the Charles yesterday, I could not help but think of the opening lines of that song, I was born by the river …
beauty found in dark waters
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Charles River, Inspiration, leaves, nature, Photography, urban landscape, water on October 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »
autumn in a leaf
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, Inspiration, leaves, nature, Photography, urban landscape on October 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »
fading flowers by the water
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, daylillies, flowers, Inspiration, lillies, nature, orange, Photography, urban landscape on September 25, 2017| 2 Comments »
with wings open and closed
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, butterflies, insects, Inspiration, Mystic River, nature, Photography, urban landscape, wildflowers on August 7, 2017| 1 Comment »
I found myself by the Mystic yesterday. I went without expectation, mostly feeling a need to stretch my legs. I gave myself one hour thinking that would be enough time to do one of my standard circuitous routes but for most of the hour I found myself in one spot. It was early morning, not too hot, the sun shining bright. A good wind but not too strong. I was able to plant my feet and practice patience as the butterflies settled around me.
in the underbrush
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, Inspiration, Mystic River, nature, nature photography, Photography, urban landscape, wood thrush on August 6, 2017| 3 Comments »
A young wood thrush perhaps? Its orange chest was speckled black. I startled it a bit as I walked by on the sidewalk. No flapping of wings. It just walked deeper into the brush along the Mystic.
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