Some yellow flowers are blooming on the edge of a stream. The plant is called Swamp Candles. This is a native perennial plant with spikes of yellow flowers that appear in July and August. It is found in wetland habitats, such as marshes and bogs. I photographed these plants on a boardwalk through a wetland at the Paul Smiths VIC, a nature preserve in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.

For #ColorADay #YellowThu, I offer these #SwampCandles growing on the edge of a stream in the #AdirondakMountains. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#coloraday #yellowthu #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #colouraday #wetlands

A big bird with blue-gray plumage is perched on a large nest with a stick in its mouth. This rookery is located on a small pond.

For the #birdoftheday theme of #nestbuilders, I submit a #GreatBlueHeron, busy at its nest in a nearby rookery. Essex County, NY (2 April 2022).

#birds #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #AdirondakMountains #birding

#OTD in 1941
‘Adirondack Hunting Season’
Cover of The New Yorker, October 18, 1941
Roger Duvoisin (1900-1980)
#TheNewYorkerCover #RogerDuvoisin #AdirondakMountains #hunting #canoeing #fallcolors #autumncolors #AmericanArt

Blue Hour at the Cottage
Mountain View, New York
August 2025

#BlueHourPhotography #Cottage #AdirondakMountains #NewYorkState #BlueHour #ArchitecturalPhotography #LakeLife #CottageLife #NightPhotography #Eerie #Cabin #EastCoastKin