Late yesterday (Friday) afternoon Joan and I put the kayaks in at Rye Pond in Stoddard. This small, shallow pond is part of a Harris Center parcel. It has a well-traveled (for this part of the world anyway) road along one edge but is still quite pleasant.
The weather was sunny and rather warm. There was a very gusty breeze blowing. The breeze probably limited the numbers of odes that were out and about and it certainly made for difficult photography. It is rather difficult to frame and focus while being blown about in ones boat! That said, we still had a pretty successful outing.
One area of the pond has extensive floating bogs and, as is typical, there were many interesting plants to be found in this ecological niche.
We stayed out until there was no more direct sunlight on the water and it was 8:30 PM by the time we got the boats back on the truck.
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Got me with the orange bluet – the color against the lily pad and the shadow made it for me. Then there was the pitcher plant. Dainty and well framed. Could use a little SH/HI to open up some of the darker areas.
Another fine crop here – your summer portfolio is busting at the seams. Thank God for digital!!
Comment by Just Joe — 30 June 2012 @ 12:10 PM