Road to Paradise
Photographer: Steve Olderman
10/25Hamburg Rd
The beautiful road home
Autumn in Lyme
Photographer: Mason Freer
20th October 2024Due North of former Ed Bill's Pond
The small valley behind my house, formed by the mini creek which feeds into the river, is home to many quantities of large granite rock, deposited in prehistoric times some 20,000 years ago . A large depression, slightly to the left off screen, was dug in the 1930s as a stone quarry for a dam, which formed a pond in the valley just ahead.
Sunrise over Lyme Hills
Photographer: Dawn H
May 2025CT Riverfront
Early morning walk along CT riverfront capturing the beauty of sunrise over the Lyme hills
Glowing Witch Hazel
Photographer: Meera Rangwala
3/2025
Private Lyme Habitat
The Witch Hazel Tree is a native species that flowers during the winter. Vibrant purple or orange blossoms light the trees, similar to a witch's cauldron spewing out sparks.
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.
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.
Mimicking Mom
Photographer: Rich Sanders
June 14, 2025Private Lyme Habitat – Falls Brook Cove
Just for fun. Every year the swans nesting in Hamburg Cove bring there cygnets into Falls Brook. I choose to interpret this sequence as the little one "learning to be big."
Mt.Laurel blooming
Photographer: jos konst (Photo of Distinction – Honorable Mention)
June 2023
selden preserve
Mt.Laurel blooming along vernal pool
Lady’s Tresses, a CT native orchid
Photographer: Rochelle Davis
July 2025Grassy Hill Preserve
This orchid is about 12" high and hard to spot but so worth looking for. It is one of dozens of orchids native to Connecticut (Genus Spiranthes).
Tosh assesses the Terrain
Photographer: Sue Wyeth
May 2024Ravine Trail
Hiking with Tosh & friends on Ravine Trail May 22024
Glide Path
Photographer: S. Martin
May 2023Ram's Horn Creek
In spring’s rhythm, a bonded pair shares the glide path.
A Perfect Winter Day
Photographer: Kristina White
December 2025Pleasant Valley
Epitomizes Winter for me with a bright blue sky and freshly fallen snow!
Springtide in Lyme
Photographer: Mason Freer
13th March 2025
Fox Hopyards Golf Course
Small natural creek sandwiched between two heavily developed zoysia grasslands.
Dragon Head
Photographer: Kristina White
May 2025Nehantic State Forest
I turned the corner and saw this dragon with its mouth wide open waiting …
Closing up for the season
Photographer: Kristina White
September 2025Pleasant valley Preserve
They exemplify the end of one season and ready for another
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)
Winter Wetlands in Selden Creek Preserve
Photographer: Athana K Catlett
January 2024
Selden Creek Preserve
Crossing a stone bridge in Selden Creek Preserve.
Orange and Yellow Moss
Photographer: Anonymous
December 18, 2025Private Habitat
The bright red and yellow capsules on this moss stand out like little torches on a late fall day.
The Elephant in the Room
Photographer: Meera Rangwala
12/2024Private Lyme Habitat
A small grain of salt has an outsized impact on the surrounding snow.
Youth (17 and younger)
BradyBrooke Farms
Photographer: Steve Olderman
10/25Hamburg Rd
Love Lyme
Ice & Fog on Falls Brook
Photographer: Birgit Musheno
January 31, 2025Private Lyme Habitat
Foggy winter scene on partially-frozen Falls Brook in Lyme on a late afternoon at the end of January.
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.
Augur Winter Sunrise
Photographer: Joan Rivington (Photo of Distinction)
February 3, 2025Augur Preserve
Early morning stillness after overnight snowfall.
