To the nines...

Caught this guy a couple weeks ago on our beautiful brown eyed susans. He was dressed to the nines...

Fall on the Pompy...

The Ompompanusuc is showing signs of fall...

Skowhegan ME. Indian...

Apropos of nothing, I stumbled on this photo recently. I find this vision of the Skowhegan Indian trying to make it in the modern world kind of wistful.

Balloon at Sunset...

Sculpturefest...

We visited Sculpturefest 2008 in Woodstock this weekend. It was an amazing collection in a very beautiful setting.

Sphinx...
And one of several cats...
Sadly, I don't remember who is responsible for this beautiful and hopeful piece...

Dynamic Morning...

This morning was full of bright light, clouds, and color. Amazing...

Sharing...

Meg took this shot of a couple of finches sharing our sunflower seeds. Mother and daughter we're guessing?

Very late season Sunflower...

I'll try very hard not to submit you to any more sunflowers... but I can't promise anything...

Bottoms Up!

Meg captured this yellow finch working on one of our recently blooming sunflowers...

Illuminated Leaf.

Yellow Garden Spider

Coming...
And going...

Young Finch...

Meg captured this young finch on our railing the other day...

New Harbor Gull

At Rachael Carson Salt Pond in early August as the storm comes in. It was a surprising display of contrasts that day with blue sky, bright but low light, and a few *very* dark clouds coming into view.