Good morning, mourning dove.

Cliff Island, Maine

Cousins Island, Maine

A corker yesterday heading up to Harpswell.

Gave zucchini and cukes a little more space this year.

Ice house in summer.

Persimmon sky

Essex, Massachusetts

Tousled rockweed on granite boulders

Jam, pie, grilled, ice cream.

Maine hedge with bayberry and blueberry

Excited to welcome a new maple tree to that corner. The bunny and robin seem to like it.

Flame skimmer in Valyermo, CA. Yes, there was algae in the pond.

Frederick Douglass lived in St. Michaels, MD, as an enslaved person. “My free life began on the third of September, 1838.” David W. Blight’s biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, is a life-changing read.

Not using the back door so the finch family can quietly nest.

Our imposing neighbor

Bunchberry flower

Even so, I imagine there are things I’m leaving out. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

From Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Watertown, MA.

A chickadee family is nesting in our wren house. I miss the busy chatter of the wrens but tuning in to the new routines.