Sign upon entry! The original, wooden one was hanging in our cabin.
My view of Mirror Lake upon waking on the first morning.
Me, greeting the day and with morning tea at the lake.
The forest greets the day too.
First hike with Rich! Zebra tree trunk (birch).
Rich marvels at the underside of a huge tree that had been growing atop a boulder.
Mirror lake? Mirror tree trunks.
Particularly down near the brook, little surprise fungi were everywhere.
Color notes.
More color notes, but also - !!! Red maple.
Shape notes
Morning at the office
The mushroom tree! Rich and I generally photographed very different things, but we both separately photographed this tree. It later showed up in an integrated photograph.
Another surprise fungus
I’ll never forget how it felt to come upon this most majestic bog. The look on Rich’s face here is priceless.
This BOG. The air was fresh but thick with the absence of sound. It was as if I had trudged through the deepest darkest parts of my psyche (aka watershed 9) and found a womb church sponge just ready to hold me. It was truly serene.
Because of the elevation and orientation of the valley (or maybe simply the time of day I was usually there), the light at the brook was very dramatic.
Color and texture study
Rich walked across the brook at any chance he could find. Similar to my color, texture, etc. studies, this is one of the ways he studied the place.
Oh hi
Another office morning at the Mossy Catwalk
Inverse of the red maple
Meeting with Scott Bailey, soil scientist extraordinaire.
This composition surprised me in a collage later in the home studio. I had forgotten about this photo (at least, consciously)!
Ridge hike with Rich, up at the tippy top
Rainbow vegetation
Top of the forest’s northern ridge
Final solo hike - to the gorge!
The dramatic valley lighting was really noticeable here.
They just kept getting cuter
HBNO install day! This was a big day for all scientists involved (5 years coming) and their energy was palpable. After noticing that not all of the nitrogen produced in the forest is feeding back into it, this experiment is the first big push to find out where it might be going.
These leaf bags were painstakingly assembled with specific varieties of leaf litter.
Working
The beaver pond hike; a most colorful, misty day
Rich, working
The forest, working.
