top photos :: 2016

I always find it an interesting exercise to wander through the photos that I've published during the year to find my favorites. It's hard to select just a few; this year's favorites number 14.

From the beginning of the year, here are my selections for 2016.

winter beach day

waves, rocks, and reflected clouds at low tide, Jenness Beach, Rye, NH
water and sculpted rocks

waves, rocks, and reflected clouds at low tide, Jenness Beach, Rye, NH
birds only!

at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, during the annual beach closure for the piping plover nesting season
happy bee

a bee happily feeding on a globe thistle
zinnia delight

a flower posing
fading echinacea

late season flowers
monarch

an exquisite butterfly on a tithonia rotundifolia
sunflower greeting

at Colby Farmstand, Newbury, MA
perched

a butterfly in the garden
expansive

from the top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park
through the woods

along the Jesup Path, in Acadia National Park
wilted

a dahlia at the end of the blooming season
painted

a lady's slipper orchid
faded

late in autumn, leaves fade

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