Everyone should visit the Waynesboro Reservoir to enjoy a beautiful environment. The fishing is great too!
September 2007 Archives
This old firetower near Monmouth, ME is a comfortable hike from the highway and gives a great viw of the surrounding lakes.
Beans, our family's year and a half old pup, moves constantly. As a pug - pomeranian mix you could say he is a nervous dog. It's great to see him resting, at least for a little while.
The Bradford pear has become a very popular ornamental tree for home use and for urban plantings. It grows quickly and has beautiful flowers in the spring. However, it is short lived (20 years or so) and susceptible to wind damage and disease. It is even earning a reputation as an invasive plant. Many experts are recommending against planting it, or at least limiting its use.
Here is an articles from Wikipedia. Here are some pictures from the Ohio Public Library Information Network.
I took these pictures on Sept. 16 on King St. in Shippensburg.
Lewiston Maine's Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary is located on the highest elevation of the city. The over 300 acre site contains many types of habitat, from wetlands to hemlock forests, for birds and other wildlife. Thorncrag has long been a popular site for outdoor recreation. Boy Scouts and other youth groups have found it to be a convenient opportunity to get to the outdoors without leaving town. More years ago than I like to think about, this is where I had my first experiences hiking and learning outdoor cooking and survival skills. The sanctuary is owned and managed by the Stanton Bird Club, a private organization. A new visitor center is currently under construction on the Montello St. side. It's great to see that in spite of development in this part of Lewiston, a small piece of wilderness will survive.