Tag Archives: water
03.08.2022 Gneiss Swirls
It’s hard to sense just how hot the core of the earth is and what it is like where two tectonic plates meet, one subducting below the other. The heat so intense that rock melts and swirls into patterns such … Continue reading
01.26.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Pattern and Texture
Just like a snowflake, not another exactly the same to be found.
01.19.2022 Winter’s Chaos
Eliot Porter’s book, “Nature’s Chaos,” is a favorite influence along with “Intimate Landscapes”. There is a lot to be seen in water’s frozen element.
01.12.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Winter’s Baubles
11.27.2021 The End of Prescott Road
Most of the gates around the Quabbin Reservoir are old roads, many of which end at the water. Gate 16 is the extension of Prescott Road which at one time led to the now former town of Prescott, home to … Continue reading
06.03.2021 West Branch of Fever Brook Cascade
I considered calling this a waterfall because of its clean flow. But in reality it is water leaking through an old dam that created a pond I visit often along State Forest Road in North Quabbin. Different parts of the … Continue reading
05.12.2021 Water Wednesday-Chesterfield Gorge
Note the lack of “fall” after water. I had intended to post the waterfall I visited on Monday, it is really more a couple of cascades, but decided it wasn’t working. At least not at this point in time. Rocks … Continue reading
03.23.2021 A skunk in a seep
Besides the leaves under glass this seep also hosts skunk cabbage-Symplocarpus foetidus which I visit most years at this time. For those unfamiliar, these are the flower buds which precede leafing out and create their own heat so are often … Continue reading