sharing

I shared the beach with birds this morning. There were gulls, cormorants, and (I think) tree swallows.

It was a good morning to walk at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

giant

A giant coneflower stands tall in the garden.

late echinacea

An echinacea in pink is fading, showing ragged edges and uneven color.

It's late summer, a time of change in the garden.

a sea of yellow

The gardens of Portsmouth, NH are bursting with color. Late summer is a great time to be wandering through gardens.

Here are some false sunflowers in yellow interspersed with purple salvia.

another dahlia

I'm amazed at how many different forms dahlias take.

Some have spiky petals, some have rounded petals, so many different dahlias!

partially open

I'm so happy that I checked the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge website yesterday. It told me that the piping plovers have allowed humans to return to a small section of the beach. While the nesting birds still remain on most of the beach I was happy that a small section has reopened.

Walking next to the ocean, watching birds and people, listening to the waves... I had a very good walk.

Fuller Gardens

I headed to the New Hampshire coast on Wednesday to visit the dahlias at Fuller Gardens. While the garden is mainly a home for roses, a dahlia display garden spans the side of a greenhouse. It contains many colors and varieties of dahlias.

It was a good visit, a chance to enjoy both dahlias and roses.

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dahlia in pink

A dahlia reaches for the sky, a splash of pink in the garden.

a dragonfly

As I wandered in Maudslay State Park yesterday afternoon I stopped in the garden to check flowers in bloom. Most are past peak but they were enough to attract dragonflies.

This is a Halloween pennant dragonfly.

photos! Bedrock Gardens

Even though summer heat shimmered, Wednesday was a good day to visit Bedrock Gardens in Lee, NH.

Photos are in the gallery Bedrock Gardens :: 2025.

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