Dad's Sunset -- Long Island Sound

My Father has gracefully passed away. I'm remembering so many things from my childhood. He will be missed by us all.

Joe

Joe catches me taking a shot of him while a fishing boat rumbles just off shore.

Solitude on the Sound

Solitude on the Sound


Cry of Distant Gulls




The Calm on Peconic Bay




Fall Comes to the Apple Orchard



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Tuesday Morning

Tuesday morning was unseasonably warm for November at 62 degrees. There was no perceptible wind, no sound other than the gentle lap of wavelets, nothing but the changing light in the sky to the east. Nature colored these skies and needed no help from me. I was the only one there but I didn't feel alone.











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Autumn Comes to Dam Pond Maritime Reserve

Dam Pond Maritime Reserve, an area of 36 acres in East Marion, is best known for birders during early spring, mid fall, and winter migration as a place to see over-wintering land birds and water fowl. There is salt scrub and grass, hardwoods and now a grassland restoration project. It is a wonderful shallow tide pond that exits into Orient Harbor. A very narrow sandbar is all that separates the pond from Long Island Sound, yet it has been there through storms and tides as long as anyone can remember. It's a unique spot... well worth a visit.