PHOTOPAGE 335

   

   

 

    End of December 2006

Shhh. . . .it's going to sleep . . .not dying. . .underneath it continues to breathe and turn -  Slowly, quietly the ice blanket will come and offer protection. The beauty is in the hiding.

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335.7 Goose Arrangement 

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335.8 Hanging In 

335.9 Happy Angler 

   

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335.1 Checkered Bark  

The Bluejay is one of our visually exotic birds . . . not as easy to photograph as you would think. They're wary, despite their reputation for boistrous, impolite behavior. A little color for this page. >>>>  

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335.2  Bluejay

The Grapevine and >> the Oak as woodland companions. The vines will climb to the top to find the sun - at the base, they are as thick as a tree - at the top, as slim as a sapling.

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    335.10 Tree with  grapevine   

The White Swamp Oak leaf with soft contours and. a light side and a dark side.

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335.3 Grapevine Emerging  

Below is a view of the canal (foreground) and the Raritan River (background). In between, the slender towpath on which I walk is visible. Much of the park is wider than this, but some of it is narrower.

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 335.4 White Oak Leaf

Just to note that change is gradual - the red oak leaf  stands out among its more hasty companions.

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335.11 Long View  

Below, more Japanese Knotweed, an 'invasive' plant that provides entertainment in the quiet season. 

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335.5 Red Oak Leaf  

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The above view is a little hard to capture because on the unseen left is a busy street running close to a litter strewn hill that offers no footpath. On the other side of the river runs a park flanked by another busy road,

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335.6 Knotweed 

 

 

   

 
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