Jun 24
After a pretty dreary morning the clouds parted for this glorious evening at a hidden boardwalk near York. The egret flew overhead, the wood ducks glided serenely by, and the red-winged blackbirds scolded.
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After a pretty dreary morning the clouds parted for this glorious evening at a hidden boardwalk near York. The egret flew overhead, the wood ducks glided serenely by, and the red-winged blackbirds scolded.
Whaleback Light, Kittery. In 1886 waves from a powerful storm broke the windows, and water poured into the lighthouse. Keeper Leander White used a blanket to signal for help.
Today on Maine Calling (Maine Public Radio at 11am), a special on Maine's Lighthouses! And tonight (Sept 4th) at 8:00 on Maine Public Television, the premier episode of, Safe Harbors: Lighthouses of Maine. Yay!
Appell Center for the Performing Arts, image by Explore York
Also... the Appell Center is hosting free movie nights through February in celebration of Black History Month.
Storms & sunsets.
“Suburbs Will Hear Wail of Siren Soon,” Toronto Star. February 27, 1942. Page 8. ---- Installations and Tests Begin in Communities Near Toronto ---- Wailing air-raid sirens will soon be heard in greater Toronto. Sirens have been installed in the city and others will be set up at outside points within the near future, it was announced today. It is hoped the work will be completed by the middle of March.
Citizens of Toronto heard the baptismal wail of the Queen City’s sirens yesterday. They were touched off, one at a time, after installation.
Sirens are now being installed gradually at all the selected points in the Toronto region.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (No. 1)
Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, where it is common in many different habitats. It flies from spring to fall, during which it produces two to three broods. Adults feed on the nectar of many species of flowers, mostly from those of the families Apocynaceae, Asteraceae, and Fabaceae. P. glaucus has a wingspan measuring 7.9 to 14 cm (3.1 to 5.5 in). The male is yellow with four black "tiger stripes" on each forewing. Females may be either yellow or black, making them dimorphic. The yellow morph is similar to the male, but with a conspicuous band of blue spots along the hindwing, while the dark morph is almost completely black.
The green eggs are laid singly on plants of the families Magnoliaceae and Rosaceae. Young caterpillars are brown and white; older ones are green with two black, yellow, and blue eyespots on the thorax. The caterpillar will turn brown prior to pupating. It will reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in). The chrysalis varies from a whitish color to dark brown. Hibernation occurs in this stage in locations with cold winter months.
The eastern tiger swallowtail is the state butterfly of Alabama (as well as state mascot), Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and is the state insect of Virginia.
Source: Wikipedia
Sunrise over the Susquehanna.
Streetscape With Triple Deckers, Saco, Maine, 1969.