Muskrat Mound

Wild Mushrooms

Beautiful formation of mushrooms. The base of the tree is about 18 to 24" across, so this is quite a large formation.

Mud Wasp Nest

Burrage Wildlife Management Area

Picutre speaks for itself.

Double-crested Cormorant

At the last throes of summer this Cormorant is ready to head south.

Double-crested Cormorant information

Willow Brook Farm Preserve, September 5, 2009

Willow Brook Farm picture of the sign is from their webpage

Background music: Deception by Miles Davis

Read here for more details: Willow Brook Farm Preserve

Bay Circuit Trail at Tubb's Meadow, August 26, 2009

Background Music: Antonio Lauro (1917- 1986): Seis por derecho by David Russell on Classical Guitar

Map of the Bay Circuit Trail Network from Duxbury and Kingston on the South Shore to Newburyport and Ipswich on the North Shore.

Bay Circuit Trail, August 25, 2009

Bay Circuit Trail Information

Background Music: Jorge Morel: Romance Criollo by David Russell
on Classical Guitar

Furnace Pond, August 24, 2009

Furnace Pond is a 107-acre (0.43 km2) pond in Pembroke, Massachusetts. The pond is located southeast of Oldham Pond which is connected to Furnace Pond by an inlet, and east of Great Sandy Bottom Pond.The maximum depth is nine feet. The pond is a Class A Public Water Source for the Brockton Water Commission. Water from this pond is diverted into Silver Lake through Tubbs Meadow Brook, the pond's outflow, whenever there is a water shortage there. The Furnace Pond Neighborhood Association maintains a semi-public beach along the pond.

Furnace Pond, August 24, 2009

Little Sandy, Big Sandy Bay Circuit Trail, August 23, 2009

Background Music: Avalon by Benny Goodman

Little Sandy Bottom Pond, August 21, 2009

Background Music: Sweet Georgia Brown by Benny Goodman

Little Sandy Bottom Pond is a 54-acre (220,000 m2) pond in Pembroke, Massachusetts, in the Bryantville section of town. The pond is a Class A tributary to Great Sandy Bottom Pond, a public water supply for the Abington/Rockland Joint Water Works.

Silver Lake Sanctuary, and Veteran's Commemorative Pembroke Town Forest, August 19, 2009

BACKGROUNG MUSIC: THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE by Frankie Newton and Orchestra

Silver Lake is a 640-acre (2.6 km2) lake in Pembroke, Kingston, and Plympton, Massachusetts, south of Route 27 and east of Route 36. The Pembroke/Plympton town line is entirely within the lake, and a portion of the western shoreline of the lake is the town line with Halifax. The lake is the principal water supply for the City of Brockton, whose water treatment plant is on Route 36 in Halifax. The inflow of the pond is Tubbs Meadow Brook, and the pond is the headwaters of the Jones River. Occasionally water is diverted into Silver Lake from Monponsett Pond in Halifax and Furnace Pond in Pembroke (through Tubbs Meadow Brook) whenever there is a water shortage. Access to the pond is through Silver Lake Sanctuary, a 92 acre property where one can walk, hike and fish, which is located at the end of Barses Lane, off Route 27 in Kingston.

Plymouth County Hospital

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As a teenage I worked in the kitchen of this hospital.

The hospial was built in 1923 and closed in 1992, it was originally named the Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital, later converted to a general hospital (Plymouth County Hospital). The medical center then changed purpose once again to become a rehabilitation and pulmonary care facility and was renamed Cranberry Specialty Hospital in 1982. Due to lack of inpatients it was closed in 1992. In April 2004, a 4-alarm fire erupted in the kitchen area, damaging the rear section of the building, and has since been subject to much vandalism

Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital was built to care for people in the Plymouth County with tuberculosis. Unlike many of the other sanitariums built in Massachusetts, this one was built in a Spanish style exterior. With a red tile roof and concrete walls. As years went on and tuberculosis was cured the patients changed and so did the name, to Plymouth County Hospital, then again to Cranberry Specialty Hospital before it closed its door in 1992.

Various Inside and Outside Images by others 1

Various Inside and Outside Images by others 2

Various Inside and Outside Images by others 3

Various Inside and Outside Images by others 4

Nathaniel Thomas Mill

Wild Mushrooms

Wild Mushrooms

On The Trail Stetson Pond, August 11, 2009

Background Music: Guido Santorsola
Choro No. 1 for classical guitar
Performed by David Russell

Stetson Pond, August 11, 2009

White Moss

On The Trail Indian Head, August 8, 2009

Background Music: Bye Bye Blackbird by Miles Davis

On the trail at Tubb's Meadow, August 3 2009

In My Travels - Moss and Mushrooms, July 31, 2009

Wampatuck, July 27, 2009

Video

Background Music: Move by Miles Davis
From the album: Birth of the Cool

Slideshow
Background Music: Jeru by Miles Davis
From the album: Birth of the Cool

July 25, 2009 West Burrage Slides and Video

Western Burrage Wildlife Management Area

Historic Hallmark: Pembroke Herring Run Slideshow, July 22, 2009

Alfonsina y al Mar by David Russell, Classical Guitar

Historic Landmark: The Pembroke Herring Run In Memoriam, July 22, 2009

This post may not belong here in consideration that it is not within the theme of the page. However, it was a sojourn on my bicycle, a trip to the Pembroke Herring Run where the memorial is located.

As I have written in America’s Betrayal: Daily there always seems to be an existential reminder of the immorality of war. It is always with me, staring me right in the face: primarily Iraq and Afghanistan, but also Korea and Vietnam.

And, so it is on this day.

America’s Betrayal

Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips

In Memory Matthew Bean

Historic Hallmark: Pembroke Herring Run Video, July 22, 2009

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The Pembroke Herring Run: A History of the Valley and Fishery

The North River, formed by the junction of Indian Head River and Barker River flows northeasterly through the towns on Marshfield, Scituate, Norwell, Pembroke, and Hanover. The present outlet to Massachusetts Bay was formed during the gale of 1898, 3 miles to the north of the old opening. It is here that the adult alewife begins its journey towards its spawning grounds in Furnace and Oldham Ponds.

Read the complete history here: Historic Landmark: Pembroke Herring Run

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Little and Big Sandy Bottom Pond, July 20, 2009 - Video

Background music: It All Depends On You by Pee Wee Russell

Burrage Wildlife Management Area Slideshow, July 18, 2009

Background Music: Like Someone in Love by Art Farmer

Burrage Wildlife Management Area Video, July 17, 2009

Background Music: Easter Parade by Bobby Hackett

Burrage Wildlife Management Area Slideshow, July 17, 2009

Background Music: Totem Pole by Lee Morgan

Burrage Wildlife Management Area: White Egret/Heron Video

Watched this egret for quite a while. Started shooting my camera when I thought the time was right. He finally caught his prey, which I believe was a frog, but could have been a small catfish.

Tubb's Meadow July 15,2009

Edgewood at Stetson Pond Slideshow

July 14, 2009

Edgewood at Stetson Pond

July 13, 2009

Luddam's Ford Park, Tucker Preserve, Indian Head River Video July 11, 2009

Luddam's Ford Park, Tucker Preserve, Indian Head River July 11, 2009 Slideshow

July 11, 2009

Cooper's Hawk Video

This guy flew right over my head. He landed, looked at me as if to say take my picture. This Cooper's hawk made my day.
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Cooper's Hawk Slideshow

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Cooper's Hawk

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My son Scott took this image behind Jaques Elementry school in Milford on june 8. The school's location is on the banks of the Souhegan River in New Hampshire

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White Tail Deer

Image taken by my son Horatio Scott Green on Curtis farm road, about 2 miles from his home in Wilton, New Hampshire. Scott used his Nikkon D80 to capture this image.

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Indian Head and Maquan Ponds, June 27, 2009

(Red tracking on map is the trail I traveled.)

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Today, my bike and I traveled to Indian Head and Maquan Pond in Hanson, Massachusetts.

After many days of rain and otherwise generally poor weather, it was an immense pleasure to be out of doors. The day was about 80 F., high humidity, and just an absolutely gorgeous day.

Road my bike to, and hiked around Camp Kiwanee. It was a very eerie feeling walking through an area with empty and boarded up cabins that many years ago were a place of nature education and exploration; canoeing, fishing or swimming in Maquan pond; archery, campfires, song, laughter, and joy.

I took 119 photographs of wildflowers of which 17 were of the quality to reproduce here. I have a simple Panasonic HDD video camera with the capability for still photographs: The camera is very satisfactory for my needs.

The beauty of wildflowers in nature is awesome. I have spent hours searching for the identification of the wildflowers I have photographed. I have the correct common name, I think, for a few, so if anyone can add to the identification of these, please comment.

Stetson Pond, June 26, 2009 (Stills)

Stetson Pond, June 26, 2009

Mount Pleasant, June 20, 2009

Red Squirrel

Burrage Wildlife Management Area Slideshow, June 17, 2009

Burrage Wildlife Management Area, June 17, 2009

Burrage Wildlife Management Area, June 07, 2009

Gorham at Little Sandy, June, 6, 2009

Tubb's Meadow, June 04, 2009

Edgewood at Little Sandy, May 31, 2009

Burrage Wildlife Management Area, May 30, 2009

Indian Head, May 21, 2009

Tubb's Meadow, May 20, 2009

Northern Waterthrush, May 19, 2009

Burrage Pond, May 16, 2009

Big Sandy, May 9, 2009

Edgewood at Little Sandy, May 8, 2009

Edgewood Snapper, April 27, 2009

Tubb's Meadow, April 26, 2009

Burrage Wildlife Management Area April 25, 2009

Burrage Pond, April 18, 2009

Tubb's Meadow, April 17, 2009