June 2024
Private pollinator garden
Milkweed flowers and buds.
On the lookout for the wonderfully colorful monarch butterfly larvae and was intrigued by this flower and bud set against the green.
Photos of Distinction
Cows at the farm
May 2024
Tiffany’s farm
Foggy day at the farm in a Spring morning in Lyme
Cinnamon Fern
May 2024
Banningwood Preserve
Close up of cinnamon fern growing near Roaring Brook in the Banningwood Preserve
Springtime Basking – Spotted Turtle
April 27, 2024
On a Lyme Preserve. Please contact me or ask Jim – do not publish the location.
With habitat stability offered by our preserves it is always a pleasure to visit them. On this spring day a community of spotted turtles, clemmys guttata, was seen warming-up in the afternoon sun. A State Species of Special Concern, observing this healthy group exemplifies the value of our Lyme Preserves.
Ice sheet
January 2024
Eight Mile River Pleasant Valley
Paper thin delicate ice formation crystallized as the water under it disappeared. Wonderful shapes suspended above the ground on this super delicate formation. Well at least until the pupp steps on them….