Salt Works Bay Sunset IV

Sunset 38

A Weekend in Old Saybrook Set

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Salt Works Bay Sunset III

Sunset in Old Saybrook (52)

A Weekend in Old Saybrook Set

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Salt Works Bay Sunset II

Sunset in Old Saybrook (61)

A Weekend in Old Saybrook Set

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Salt Works Bay Sunset

Old Saybrook CT weekend (79), originally uploaded by meeyauw.

We stayed at Salt Works Bay, Old Saybrook, Connecticut on Long Island Sound in late September for a weekend with family. The sunset on the one dry evening we had was breathtaking. Instead of mushrooms (which I have been posting lately) there will be a series of photos of this sunset. I hope you enjoy them!

A Weekend in Old Saybrook Set

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Sunflower Nectar

Sunflowers Set

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Two Clouded Sulphurs

Colias philodice

There were so many yellow clouded sulphers on the asters down in the field that John noticed them from the house. When I got there, they would flit away from me. So I just began shooting from any distance to see if I got anything good at all. This was the best shot. The challenge of photographing butterflies . . . it makes life interesting!

Clouded Sulpher Set
Insects of New England Collection

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Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

This guy looks totally different than my other cabbage white that I photographed. But the distinguishing characteristic is the one black dot on the wings.

Cabbage White Butterfly Set

Insects of New England Collection

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Main House at the Fells

This is the main house at the Fells. We never got inside because the house was closed. But we did, silly us, pay to take the John Hay Ecology Hike on the grounds. But this house and the acres around it are important around here. According to the website:

The Fells, named after the Scottish word for rocky upland pastures, is situated on a nearly 1,000-acre hillside overlooking scenic Lake Sunapee. It is the former lakeside summer home of American writer and diplomat John M. Hay (1838-1905). Hay's son Clarence inherited the property and along with his wife Alice Appleton Hay, transformed the rock pasture into extensive formal and informal gardens.

In 1960 the Hays donated 675 acres to the Society for Protection of NH Forests. Upon the death of Alice in 1987, the remaining 164 acre-estate was given to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of their wildlife refuge system. In 2008 84 acres including the historic buildings and grounds were divested from USFWS and The Fells, an independent not for profit 501c(3) organization, who had cared for the property since 1995 became owners. The remaining 80 acres continues to be owned and managed by USFWS.

The Main House, built in the cottage style in 1891 and enlarged in 1897, was transformed into a 22-room Colonial Revival house in 1915 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The goal of The Fells is to foster the Hay family's special legacy of land stewardship and to create a center "for understanding the natural world and our place within it" with focus on history, horticulture and the environment.

I will go back and pay to see the house. Love touring those old houses!

The John Hay Forest Ecology Trail Hike

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American Pine Mushroom

Armillaria ponderosa

American Pine Mushroom Set

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One Single Impression: Elusive

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The John Hay Forest Ecology Trail Hike

Haiku

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Oyster Mushrooms

Pleurotus ostreatus

I've read that some people think these mushrooms are the most delicious thing on the face of the earth. We didn't harvest any on this hike because we sadly had nothing to carry them in. We were unprepared! We'll never be unprepared again.

Oyster Mushroom Set

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Amanita solitaria

Amanita solitaria Set

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Sycamore

Characteristics: huge trees, smooth seemingly white bark. Connecticut's largest tree is a sycamore:

Pinchot Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), Route 85 at the Farmington River, Simsbury

With a trunk 25 feet in circumference and a branching spread of 138 feet, the Pinchot Sycamore is the largest tree in Connecticut. Gifford Pinchot was born in Simsbury and likely knew this hulk of a tree dedicated to him in 1965. Pinchot, an early and influential conservationist, along with Teddy Roosevelt helped found the US Forest Service.

source: The Historic Trees Project

The seed case.
Below a seed case is opening.

Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore Tree Set

Trees of New England Collection

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Bumblebee on Japanese Knotweed

Bees & Wasps Set

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