This was Chris and my first extended trip since the beginning of COVID. Our first plane ride. This was a trip dedicated to connecting with family and friends in-person after the long separation of the pandemic. This was not a photographic trip since there was limited time and many people to see, catch up with and hug (at least those who were allowing hugs.) Of course, I took a camera but it was my 3rd string camera, the smallest, lightest one that was most expendable if there was a mishap.

The visit started in New Hampshire at my sister and brother-in-law’s home. Then we all went to Moosehead Lake in Maine for a week with my niece and her boyfriend joining us there. Back to New Hampshire and then to western Massachusetts where I had lived for 25 years and where I still have many friends.

Included here are random photos of natural beauty: creatures, mushrooms, flowers (some wild, some cultivated) and landscapes.

Please do not use photographs without permission. To inquire about permission, contact Carla at: brennan.carla@gmail.com. To purchase photographs, go to carlaphotos.com

 

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Wetlands in Maine

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Wetlands in Maine

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Common Loon

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Young bull moose

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Reflections in stream

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Bullfrog

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12-spot skimmer dragonfly

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Black-eyed susans

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Indian pipes

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Daylily

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Yellow patches, Amanita flavoconia

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Waterlily

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Rose of sharon

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Myself, on the shore of an island in Moosehead Lake, Maine