This is the change in color of our forest in 2014 for each month of the year from left to right and top to bottom. For another year go here. Click on the image for a larger view.
Category Archives: Meditations
Holiday Illumination
illumination (noun)
1. lighting or light.
• (also illuminations) a display of lights on a building or other structure.
2. Physics: synonym for illuminance, the amount of luminous flux per unit area.
3. the art of illuminating a manuscript.
• an illuminated design in a manuscript.
4. clarification.
• spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
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Illusions
How do we see the natural world? How do we read the landscape? Every season has its illusions. The low sun of winter gives the land a warm, inviting character—known as the golden hour. This pond on a salt marsh in Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area is not liquid, but frozen over with a thick layer of ice. Click on the image for a larger view.
Suspension
With the foliage off the trees, water pools on our forest floor and freezes with the falling temperatures. Ice will embrace its bounty until spring frees the land from winter. Click on the image for a larger view.
Fallen Ice
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Decrescendo
The vibrant landscape that burst forth in spring is mute in December. Click on the image for a larger view.
Winter Tide
From Sand Beach, Acadia National Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Season of Change
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Signs of Fall
The Maine coast facing the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean is dominated by fir/spruce forests. Hardwoods cannot tolerate the harsh saline conditions. But in deep inland bays like Penobscot, the conditions are not so harsh. Click on the image for a larger view.
Pause
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