Brownstone

What would you do with a long-unused bathroom facility standing empty in Elizabeth Park for decades?

Why, you would renovate it and turn it into a visitors center and gift shop. 

The Annual Garden

Despite a late start this year, Elizabeth Park's annual garden has hit its stride.

We Can Do It

Wilton Road East, Ridgefield, Connecticut 

Bees and Butterflies

 

A pair of silver-spotted skippers flitted around monarda (bee balm).

Joe-Pye weed attracts many bees.

A bee on a rose of Sharon bloom is doused in pollen.

A hummingbird moth (also known as a snowberry clearwing) moves quickly and unpredictably.

I was lucky to catch it still for a moment.

Sweet Sixteen

 

Another night walk around the neighborhood.

Happy sixteenth birthday, Abbey.

Lola and Sequoia

 

Lola (in front) and Sequoia are both well into middle age and on their ways to senior status.  They are less frantic now than when they were younger.  Lola is a bit lighter in color and weight and has a pink nose.  She is the adventurous and independent one.  Sequoia likes to be within reach of her humans.

A Cormorant

 

Elizabeth Park's great blue heron wasn't around, but a few cormorants were there,

including one that hung out near me.