My View of Life on the Dock
Henry’s Pond Swan Family, Rockport
Click on image to view the adorable cygnets larger.
Random snapshots not previously posted, taken during this past summer’s B-roll shoots for the Monarch Film and other film projects.
Where did summer go–she always flies by so swiftly–and this year seemed especially brief with the cooler than usual temperatures.
Cosmos and Coneflowers
Wildflower Field, Essex
Silver-spotted Skipper
Henry Eiler’s Sweet Coneflower and Smooth Asters
Henry Eiler’s Sweet Coneflower is a North American native that bears the name of the southern Illinois horticulturist who found it growing at a railroad prairie remnant. When lightly rubbed, the leaves of Rudbeckia subtomentosa reveal their sweet vanilla scent.
For more about Quilled Sweet Coneflower see GMG post from last summer.
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora ~ PeeGee Hydrangea
If you double click the above photo, you’ll see little sprays of what looks like fairy dust but it is actually mist in the atmosphere!
Good Morning Gloucester 