The Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, is the Maine State tree. These pines can reach heights of 100ft/30m. A pine grove is a cool place in the summer. The towering pines create a cavern under their crowns and offer refuge from the searing heat of the sun. Click on the image for a larger view.
Category Archives: Meditations
Passing Time
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Daylight Savings
On Sunday, we went through the annual ritual of turning the clocks forward one hour for daylight savings time. The sun now sets at 6:40 in the evening. Naomi and I went out to Pemaquid Point to enjoy this extra hour.
With the sun above the horizon, the sky was a brilliant blue and the ocean a deeper shade of the same color. As the sun reached the horizon, the familiar fiery red scorched the edge of the sky. But there is a magical time for color when the sun moves behind the horizon and vivid hues turn to delicate pastels. Click on the image for a larger view.
Summer Sky
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Cloudscape
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Maine Winter Forest
The sun penetrating the forest in the Small-Burnham Conservation Area in Litchfield, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Heaven and Earth
Our forest in moonlight. Click on the image for a larger view.
Winter Marsh
The meandering stream bed that feeds Dyer Long Pond in Jefferson, Maine is hidden beneath the snow pack. This is very different in summer. Click on image for a larger view.
Changing Seasons, Part 2
The salt marshes and dunes at Bates Morse Mountain Conservation Area are always in flux. While we like to think of the season as four monolithic blocks clearly delineating their character to the landscape, the year passes over the land with infinitely variability. No two moments are the same. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sky, Sea, and Land, Part 2
