Purple Loosestrife

This is purple loosestrife growing along a road on the St Regis Mowhawk Indian Reservation, in up state New York. Purple loosestrife is a very pretty plant but considered invasive as it is not natural and will take over wet areas quickly.

A note of interest....the Mowhawk call this area not St Regis, but Akwesasne, where the partridge thumps.

The Susquehanna River

Along the Susquehanna River passing Harrisburg, PA the river freezes in winter. Some years the river freezes solid, side to side. The ice gets deep.

Years ago in spring the ice would crack and break with a cannon like boom....Not anymore, it has not frozen that solid in years.

Italian Lake

Italian Lake in Harrisburg, PA after the snow storm.

Frozen in Time

For those of you suffering from the heat in the middle of August here are a few colder shots to entertain you.

This was taken at a water run off on the mountain face above Harrisburg, PA. Note the plant frozen in the ice....hence the name.

A Vanashing Breed

The Monarch butterfly is diminishing in numbers year after year.....this is August and the first monarch I have seen this year!

This monarch is perched on the dead flower of a Queen Anne's Lace plant.

Bird's Nest

A little nest, having done its work for the year now has fallen to the ground.

May your hatchlings fly free and safe

Red Maple in Spring

Spring....awakening, life surging, brooks gurgling......sigh, not too hot!