Just Once, So Far

Edwin Way Teale wrote something to the effect that many things in nature are seen only once by even the most astute observer of said things.

 

Not saying this is rare but I've only seen it happen once. It could happen again; could happen a hundred more times. It could be setting up to happen a million times in a field just over the horizon. But so far, for me? Just once.

 

Kinda cool to think about, really.

 

Conjoined Daisies. Moose River, New York, June 27, 2017.

Thrush And Friends

Beers With Lilo

Just a recording of a couple minutes spent with Lilo "Liles" Jones, the four-footed person near the beer can, on the back step during one of the classic brief Moose River rains. 

To toss away the concerns of people who find themselves unable to avoid being concerned: Lilo did NOT drink the beer. No one in the making of this video drank the beer...shockingly, to some. The PBR can was picked up along the road as I was raking and was picked up by me (environmentalist-slash-free-nickel-advocate) and set on the ledge, awaiting its redemption at a local grocery store. The resulting five cents may have been put toward a fund to buy a six-pack. Or maybe not; I'm not one to account for such things in extreme detail.

Anyway, it was sunny, then it rained, then the sun returned. Somewhere in the middle of all that we sat on the Central Stoop and dug this. 

Two friends on a step, loving the rain, with birds a few feet above us. Moose River Settlement, New York, June 28, 2020.

-MJ

A Friend Among Friends

 A woolly bear caterpillar makes its statement amidst
 the wind and drizzle behind Central.

 Moose River, New York, October 6, 2019.

North Of Lilo's Bridge

Just a picture from a very dry spell; two hours later it started raining steadily, not hard but perfect; I thought of the toads and snakes and birds and everyone else I could think of and smiled as the drops bounced off the tin and headed homeward.  MJ

Only A Dream...And It's Fading Now

"This view is taken from the peak of Bald Mountain which is opposite our hotel. Serious forest fires in the neighborhood have caused the air to be filled with smoke today. Still having a fine time. Going to Beaver River soon.

Keith"

Note to Dr. Paul B. Brooks, Norwich, New York. Postmarked Old Forge, New York, 8PM, October 20, 1908.

Hanging In There

Chrysalis. Moose River, New York, August 29, 2019.

One More

The last known apple of the year. Here's to the many unknown ones.

Moose River, New York, August 23, 2019.

Cellar Door

Moose River, New York, June 1, 2019.

The Only Living Moth In New York

Moose River, New York, November 8, 2018.

Clubmosses

Moose River, New York, July 24, 2019.

Raven

Moose River, New York, June 21, 2019.

Ulterior Motives...But Good Ones

                 A closely watched Robertshaw warms the kitchen on a cold, dark afternoon.                      Moose River, New York, June 3, 2019.

Girls

Does it matter that it was actually the 30th of May? Who knows. But it was.

Her, Him, Them And All

Her

Him

Them

The Old Iron Bridge and other friends, Moose River, New York, about 1908.

View From The Summit

       From the peak of Mt. Nyber. Moose River, New York, June 21, 2019.