Thinking With A Camera
Here in Florida, commerce would seem to top the environment almost every time. Swamps get drained and acres bulldozed, as “king sugar” and rapacious real estate development continue to destroy what little is left of the natural world. As one who likes to see places where man hasn’t messed up, this place can be very depressing.
Mount Battie as seen from Camden Harbor, Maine
New Jersey Turnpike
Driving back to Camden from Halifax yesterday, beautiful fall colors were everywhere. We stopped at a nondescript Burger King for lunch and these leaves were shining golden in the hazy sunlight just on the edge of their parking lot.
Beauty in an unexpected place.
We went to the Commonground Fair yesterday. It’s one of Maine’s best agricultural fairs sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.
Need I say more?
It’s the little things that count.
Monarch butterflies pass through Maine on their way south every year. There have been less of them lately which isn’t a good sign but these colorful little creatures are sure indication of fall’s approach. Yesterday on our walk, Sarah and I saw this one feeding on the Michaelmas daisies. A lovely sight indeed but a harbinger of the chill to come.
This fragile planet of ours does its best to keep on going while we, on the other hand, are mindlessly destroying it.
