photographs

Happy Birthday America

by John Briggs on July 4, 2009

in Blog

   We the People  of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America…  

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

  Solitude I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ~Henry David Thoreau, 1854

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

  Early to rise on a frosty Tuesday morning, heading to Damariscotta Mills, Maine for an Osprey photo shoot. This was the view upon arriving at my destination. Sea smoke and fog rolling off of the Great Salt Bay. The day turned out to be beautiful and the Osprey were very cooperative. For those interested, [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Last Friday, we were finishing up diner as a thundershower passed over the area. I walked into the living room and saw a beautiful rainbow from the picture window. I immediately grabbed my camera and went outside to take photos of this natural wonder. I thought to myself, “This would be a great capture for [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

The Winter Harbor Lighthouse sits on Mark Island near Winter Harbor, Maine. The area is part of the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia National Park. Frenchman Bay is in the foreground with Cadillac Mountain in the background. Photo taken early morning, Fall of 2008.    

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

The full April moon, as seen from Bath, Maine USA on April 9th, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.   Clicking a thumbnail will bring up a shadowbox with a larger view. Tip: hit f11 before clicking photos to open your browser to its fullest top to bottom size to view photos in fullest size possible.   [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

  Sunsets are beautiful, but when a full moon graces the sky along with it you may call it spectacular. This was the view one November evening when visiting family and friends in central Pennsylvania. Full Beaver Moon – November: The name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Nature Blog Network