Wintertide in Lyme
Photographer: Mason Freer
3rd February 2025
Seventh Sister Hill
The eccentric William Gillette, among his many idiosyncracies, in 1914 constructed for himself a mansion, styled to a confused marriage between Belle Époque sensibilities and Transylvanian macabre. As is by now well known, he employed various architectural oddities, with hidden passages, elaborate door locks, and a 3 mile long rail track.
Welcome
Photographer: Kristina White
2/9/2025
Pleasant Valley Preserve
It looks like the entrance to an enchanted forest
Closing up for the season
Photographer: Kristina White
September 2025Pleasant valley Preserve
They exemplify the end of one season and ready for another
Luff Shores summer evening
Photographer: Lori Lanning from Luff Farms
July 3rd, 2025Luff Shores -Point Penninsula
Kayaking at the end of the day.
Mt.Laurel blooming
Photographer: jos konst (Photo of Distinction – Honorable Mention)
June 2023
selden preserve
Mt.Laurel blooming along vernal pool
Roaring Brook Ripples
Photographer: John Gluszak (Photo of Distinction)
July 2025Roaring Brook Preserve
I find woodland photography to be somewhat difficult. Wide shots often do not convey the feeling I get when I'm walking through the woods. When that happens, I tend to look for details in close up images instead. I happened to notice the ripples and the color reflections in the brook created by a stick that got stuck in the flow of the water.
Augur Winter Sunrise
Photographer: Joan Rivington (Photo of Distinction)
February 3, 2025Augur Preserve
Early morning stillness after overnight snowfall.
Dill flowers
Photographer: Bryn Souza
June 2025Pollinator/wildlife habitaT
Dill as it flowers in a Lyme field
Duck Pond
Photographer: Douglas White
July 8, 2025Nehantic State Forest
A view towards a duck house is imbued with rich wetland complexity and patterns. That there were no ducks mattered little…
Mushroom tree
Photographer: Hong Wan
September 2025Brockway Hawthorne preserve
Mushroom colony on a tree
Sun Dappled Roaring Brook #2
Photographer: John Gluszak (Photo of Distinction)
05/2025Banningwood Preserve
Just a dreamy view of the brook while resting on the bench, while walking the preserve trail.
It’s the Journey
Photographer: Kristina White
1/20/2025
Pleasant Valley Preserve
Walking through a forest where the snow is still on the branches is a truly special treat
Lighting Lyme
Photographer: Meera Rangwala (Photo of Distinction)
3/2025
Private Lyme Habitat
These witch hazel orange blossoms glow in the sunset. They seem like lanterns lighting our way to a better future.
Youth (17 and younger)
Monarch enjoying a meal
Photographer: Rosa Dupre
09/27/2025Beaver Brook, home backyard
As I was walking in my backyard around lunchtime, I saw this beautiful Monarch enjoying the new England Asters.
Outhouse View
Photographer: Kaia Lay Rafoss
06/28/2025Spar Island, Selden Creek
The sunset view from our outhouse on Spar Island across the marsh from the Selden Creek Preserve.
Dragon Head
Photographer: Kristina White
May 2025Nehantic State Forest
I turned the corner and saw this dragon with its mouth wide open waiting …
Glide Path
Photographer: S. Martin
May 2023Ram's Horn Creek
In spring’s rhythm, a bonded pair shares the glide path.
Monarch caterpillar in Grassy Hill Preserve
Photographer: Rochelle Davis (Photo of Distinction)
August 2025Grassy Hill Preserve
The preserve is filled with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and also full of monarch butterflies laying their eggs on the butterfly weed and the monarch caterpillars eating away on the plant. The upside of not mowing fields with butterfly weed from May through September is that the monarchs can feed and make more butterflies.
Early Morning with Tiffany
Photographer: Morgan Regan
9/6/2025Tiffany Farms
Early morning rising dew.
Sultry Day in the Wetlands
Photographer: Douglas White
July 8, 2025Nehantic State Forest
A sultry day in the wetlands
Ice Cold Plunge Couple
Photographer: Ally Spurling (Photo of Distinction)
C. February 2025
Ely’s Ferry
A chance encounter with this very brave couple breaking the ice drifts to cold plunge together. The sky was so unbelievable I drove down to enjoy the sunset and happened upon them.
I Spy with my Little Eye…
Photographer: Kristina White (Photo of Distinction)
August 2025John Pritchard Conservation Center
I was watering when I saw our little visitor who was using our place for its home
Winter Magic on Whalebone Cove
Photographer: Athana K Catlett (Photo of Distinction)
January 2022
Overlooking Whalebone Cove from Joshuatown Rd.
Photo taken from Joshuatown Rd after a snowfall.
Lost Ladder
Photographer: Birgit Musheno
3/1/2025Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Old wooden ladder, probably from a long-gone hunting blind, left behind and highlighted in the slanting winter afternoon sun from the White trail in Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve.
The Wolf Tree
Photographer: Rich Sanders
January 26, 2025
Honey Hill Preserve
Honey Hill's wolf tree was a commanding presence on this winter walk. Thanks to the Preserve Brochure I saw this tree in an earlier time, keeping watch as a lone sentinel over a sleeping field. https://www.lymelandtrust.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/HoneyHill031321WEB.pdf
Monarch on Milkweed
Photographer: Joan Rivington
July 7, 2025My backyard on Blood Street
It made me so happy to see this Monarch enjoying the Milkweed in my butterfly garden.
Doe & Fawn
Photographer: S. Martin (Photo of Distinction)
June 2021Ram's Horn Creek Preserve
Nature reminds us of the profound simplicity of a mother’s love.
Native Bee Balm in the Grassy Hill Preserve
Photographer: Rochelle Davis
August 2025Grassy Hill Preserve
The Grassy Hill Preserve showcases native plants that mix with the nearby human built environment.
Laurel on Roaring Brook
Photographer: Kristina White
June 2025Banningwood Preserve
The laurel directs your eye to the water and what lays beyond the curve of the brook.
Icy Falls
Photographer: Meera Rangwala
2/2025
Banningwood Preserve
Blocks of ice form in the brook, and shape the flow of the water. These blocks have created a mini waterfall.
Youth (17 and younger)
Iced Grasses
Photographer: Birgit Musheno (Photo of Distinction – Honorable mention)
January 12, 2025
Private Lyme habitat, Brush Hill Rd.
January weather creates unique ice forms on dried meadow grass at the edge of a beaver dam.
Springtide in Lyme
Photographer: Mason Freer
13th March 2025
Fox Hopyards Golf Course
Small natural creek sandwiched between two heavily developed zoysia grasslands.
Winter Wetlands in Selden Creek Preserve
Photographer: Athana K Catlett
January 2024
Selden Creek Preserve
Crossing a stone bridge in Selden Creek Preserve.
Tosh assesses the Terrain
Photographer: Sue Wyeth
May 2024Ravine Trail
Hiking with Tosh & friends on Ravine Trail May 22024
Nehantic Wilderness Waterway
Photographer: Douglas White
July 8, 2025Nehantic State Park
A stop on the road through the Nehantic State Forest gives a peek at the watery wilderrness I will probably never penetrate.
The Beginning of Spring
Photographer: Kristina White
4/2/2025
Selden Creek Preserve
The stream appears behind the leaves and rocks rushing after a recent Spring rain.
