35 posts tagged “trees”

Here's an update on the ongoing erosion at Popham beach, which looked like it had abated last summer. It's definitely getting worse. This photo is looking east, towards the main beach from the shore of the Morse River.

Here's a view of the dune/bank. Clearly there isn't much under the forest holding things together. Recently fallen trees. In the background you can see the roof of the hideous new changing station & rest rooms. The spot where it's located used to be hundreds of yards from the water. They don't stay where they are long once they fall. This is looking west. Some of the trees have also ended up several miles east, along the Kennebec river.

Japanese maple leaves on a windless November day.

I saw this tree today. All that red is crab apples, not leaves. I'll have to come back in the morning sometime so I can get it in full sun.

Food for the birds. Flocks of robins and waxwings will be by to eat them in the early spring, once they thaw and are sweet. If they wait long enough, the'yll get tipsy on them. That's usually a comical sight.

We went to visit our friend Phil at his farm in Vermont. Here's the house -

the view the farmer and the crop

I typically think of burning bush as a weed, but it sure does the fall color thing well.

Here's an interesting leaf - it couldn't decide, so it went bi-color. The leaves this year have a lot of disease, probably from the wet summer. And they've been turning fast, maybe from the dry weather in August and September. But beautiful nonetheless ...

Here's another view from Puzzle Mountain showing some early fall color. It's more or less peaking right now, three weeks later.

We climbed Puzzle Mountain in the Bethel area today. An awesome hike! Nice woods, interesting rocks, great views. I was hoping to post a video of the panorama, but the file turned out to be too big to post here. So here are some stills ...

Just by way of contrast to my last post, here's a view of the same area as "the forest falls into the sea," albeit from a place further down the shore that's now about 15 feet under water at high tide. This photo was taken about five years ago. A dynamic ecosystem indeed.

So far this winter, there's been good skiing, a bit of skating and just plain old walking around. Here's a photo of one of my favorite trees, in Pennelville, with a tire swing on it. Just waiting for someone to swing on it ...

This is also a favorite tree. Although long dead, it's always fun to skate around it. It's in a pond on Rossmore Road.

Fall is such a great time of year in New England. Every tree gets to assert its own personality. Neighborhoods and forests that seemed a uniform block of trees all summer suddenly have a depth that would otherwise go unnoticed. Here are some random fall photos. This first one is at Crystal Spring Farm.

This is one of my favorite neighborhood trees. I look forward to its autumnal display every year.

Up close, the leaves are very engaging, and all unique. I love the combination of green and red in this example.

Even the ground is colorful. These were on the library lawn.

Here are some photos I took Monday at Maquoit Bay. It was low tide.

Why is a canoe just sitting there in the mud? It's waiting for its clammer. Note the plastic sled!

Apple trees. They'll look quite different in a couple of weeks.