Still Color along the Creek

Most of the trees have lost their leaves, but there is still color along Nashua Creek. View larger: 1, 2.

Ginger's Geometry

Ginger's Geometry, by Fax Sinclair. Fax is published in our first issue of Silk Creek Review and will hopefully be published in the new third issue as well.

Sunset in the eastern Kingston Range

Sunset in the eastern Kingston Range,Eastern California about 3 miles
from the Nevada border. 4 November 2007

Photo by Dave Piece

Butternut Creek

We're visiting Syracuse NY and I took this shot of Butternut Creek.
We'd hoped to get over to Silk Creek but it's not looking good.

Dry Creeks

We were very disapponited during our visit to Hamilton to find a
number of the waterfalls and creeks that fed them were dry.

1 & 2: The Devil's Punchbowl Falls and its feeder creek were dry.
3 & 4: Beamer's Falls was almost dry. Only one tiny rivulet trickled down.
5: Felker's Falls was damp, but it may simply have been from the
rain. No visible trickle was seen or heard.

Why are the creeks and their falls dry? Is it climate change? Or a
dry year? They have never been dry before when we've visited at the
same time of year. Where are the fish, crayfish, frogs, turtles,
polliwogs and insects who normally live there and the herons and
raccoons who feed on them?

PS: Witch hazel is in flower at the creek.

A Postcard from Hamilton: At Grindstone Marsh

Blue jay, grey squirrel, mallards and cardinal, all tame because they
were fed by visitors along the Grindstone Marsh trail in Hamilton.
Photos by me (Mary Taitt).

along Tiffany Creek

Yesterday we hiked along Tiffany Creek in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The Niagara Escarpment runs through Hamilton, so there are many
waterfalls and gorges. See more of the falls along the escarprment.

Herb Robert; Spring Wildflowers in Autumn

Herb Robert; Spring Wildflowers in Autumn, by Mary Stebbins Taitt.
Click image to view larger.

We're headed for Hamilton later today. Last time we were there we saw
spring wildflowers blooming in November! Maybe we will see some
again this year. Whatever we see, I hope to post it here at some
point. :-D Have agood weekend. :-D

We are leaving today and will be back Tuesday. I may be incommunicado
the whole time or I mapy be ble to get on briefly, but no commenting
for sure.

Selected Silk Creek Pics

Scott Carter has selected some past and recent pics from Silk Creek.

Two views of Arcata Marsh

It's hard to believe that both these pictures were taken on the same warm day (Saturday), and not very far from each other. They're just different parts of the Arcata Marsh.

Photos by LeafLady (Gail)

LeafLady's Egret

photo by LeafLady (Gail).

Flame tree on Nashua Creek

A sugar maple. Click image to view larger. See another view of this and one of Elmwood pond. Photos by Mary Stebbins Taitt.

Long Way Foam

by Leaf Lady (Gail).