shades of pink

A chrysanthemum wearing shades of pink provides a bright splash of color.

at Reid State Park

Can you see the wind?

The temperature yesterday was in the low 50s but it felt much colder as the wind-whipped air flowed from the ocean. I was happy I had thrown a fleece vest and a rain jacket into the car before I headed to Reid State Park - they were the right layers to keep me warm.

High tide directed my feet along the rocky coastline.

Waves rolling onto the shore showed a frothy layer of (sea) foam.

More photos from today's walk in Reid State Park can be seen in the gallery
from Portland to midCoast Maine :: 2015 starting with this photo and ending here.

tidal transition

I headed for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge late this morning, arriving an hour after the tide started the transition from high tide to low. The sand near the water was firm, a good walking surface.

It was a good day to walk by the ocean, to listen to the sound of the waves, to look at the water, to marvel at the reflections of the clouds on the still wet sand.

More photos from today's coastal walk can be viewed in the gallery Parker River and... 2015 starting with this photo and ending here.

chrysanthemums

Longwood Gardens' chrysanthemum exhibit was still in place when I visited last weekend. I was quite surprised by the number of (what appeared to be different) flowers that wear the same name.

Chrysanthemum variation...

What beautiful flowers!

More photos can be seen in the gallery Longwood Gardens :: 2015.

running

Don't tell Baxter! He thinks my visit this past weekend was just to see him when it was time to be shared with my mom and sister (yes, and Baxter too).

Baxter just loves to run in the woods!

leaves in red

A few leaves in red are still clinging to tree branches.

in a conservatory

Today was a day to wander in the conservatory at Longwood Gardens, a day to enjoy the sight of many different types and colors of chrysanthemums. What beautiful flowers!

time conundrum

I'm sitting at Logan Airport waiting for a plane.

That's really only partially true - I'm waiting, the pilots are waiting, the plane is sitting outside. There are ground delays in Philadelphia that have moved our scheduled departure out two hours so we're waiting for permission to board and take off.

The funny thing is, I just looked at my boarding pass. The departure time shows our new projected departure time of 7:28 PM. The next line shows the expected arrival time, at 7:17 PM. Boston and Philadelphia both live in the same time zone so I don't think time will move backwards between these two cities. That's an oops! a rather interesting defect (in the software).

an orchid, posed

I was delighted to see orchids when I visited the greenhouses of Lyman Estates last weekend. The flowers are delicate; the bloom is long lasting.

paired

A pair of butterflies perch on a green leaf, one moving, one standing still.

I have always been fascinated by the two-sided nature of this type of butterfly. One side of their wings is patterned brown, the other is bright blue. You can see a tiny bit of the blue in the fluttering butterfly's (opened) wings.