sharing my thoughts through words and images
Torrential rain fell upon Mount Desert Island today. I hunkered down inside my trailer for much of the day and thought about how I would manage to get a photo opportunity. I cleaned, read and eventually took the shuttle into Bar Harbor to the… Continue Reading “30 Days and 30 Photos – Day 11”
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” –Gertrude Jekyll I finally took the time to return to Thuya Garden so that I could see the perennial borders… Continue Reading “Thuya Garden Revisited”
“The only neighborhood of mountain and sea on all our Atlantic Coast. The cliffs look down, not on bay or lake, but upon broad ocean. It is to find in one, the Isle of Shoals and Wachusett; –Nahant and Monadnock; — Newport and the… Continue Reading “Hiking Acadia – PART 1”
“My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan I’ve completed my first two full weeks of work at Acadia NP and celebrated after the first week with an 8-mile round trip hike up Cadillac Mountain. … Continue Reading “Settling in at Acadia NP”