Photographer: Sue York
October 2024
Pleasant Valley Preserve
River leaves
Fall 24
Iced Lodge
Photographer: Birgit Musheno
December 14, 2024
Thach Preserve
A beaver lodge and some brush in thin ice. The ice and weather created a spectrum of typical winter colors from purplish blue through golds, tans and greys.
Fall Diadem
Photographer: Birgit Musheno
October 31, 2024
Joshuatown Rd. entrance to Brockway-Hawthorn Preserve
A last bit of fall color is highlighted by late afternoon sunshine against the backdrop of a large rock formation.
Caught
Photographer: Birgit Musheno
October 14, 2024
Banningwood Preserve
A fallen maple leaf caught by dry fern leaves, illuminated by late afternoon fall sunlight. I was captivated by the recursive curling forms, and the detailed tracery of the leaf structures revealed by the sunlight filtering through.
Growth
Photographer: Christine Tappe
10/12/2024
Ravine Trail
As we set out to hike the Ravine Trail for the first time I was struck by the beauty of a young sapling growing out of (and through) the root ball of an old tree. A simple reminder that life always finds a way to carry on.