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Sharing scenes from my journey
Gazebo in Mansonville, Quebec with the most original piano everRay stopped alongside on my walk to Salem Lake to ask me for advice on wheels for his new and heavy canoe…he is a square dance callerNeed I say more…the perfect Clif bar for past weeksChurch that welcomes you to the town of Island Pond, VTFirst noticed these wildflowers on the Nulhegan, but have been seeing them since…anyone know their name?Fledgling bird on the Nulhegan River – I found out what species when several redwing blackbirds began wheeling and screaming overhead.Moose observation platform where I ate my snack on the long walk past technical rapids on the NulheganTime to try some creative photography on a barn near my VRC campsiteStained glass windows on the North Stratford Baptist churchWeather is building at the start of my Connecticut River race for campFamily of mergansers reflected in the early morning river
The flower is called Swamp Candle (Lysimachia terrestris), its native. Sometimes called swamp yellow-loosestrife
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Thanks…another wildflower for my bank of knowledge!
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I found this in the Audubon Field Guide to North American Wild Flowers: Eastern Region and it’s called “Swamp Candles”
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Moose observation platform?!
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