HIGH WATER

Waking up to a cellar full of water is not something that will make my day. When I went to bed last night, the floor was a little wet in places. This morning I found it an inch from my brand new boiler:

Three sump pumps kept the water at bay, and hopefully I will be able to turn everything off at a decent hour tonight.

Then the cleanup begins.......ugh.........

UNDER THE CANOPY

It's said that spring is the best time for infrared photography, since foliage renders especially well at this time of year. I can believe it - here's a photo of an old elm tree near my house:

HOUSE ON THE HARBOR

I went out exploring up the coast of Maine this weekend, and came upon this weathered old house right on a harbor, shot with my infrared camera:

 And, of course, there was the ubiquitous boat in the side yard:

WATCHING THE EAGLES

Again this year I'm watching the Decorah Eagles. They've just hatched the third baby. I usually go online a couple of times a day to watch them and hopefully get a chance to see the babies. Now another resident of my household has decided that he might like to watch, too:

A BREATH OF SPRING

Yesterday a group of us went to The Butterfly Place in Westford, MA. I had never been to a butterfly house before, and I admit I was a little unprepared to see so many different butterflies all in one place, none of which I had ever seen (or probably just didn't notice) flying around outside. There was this pretty orange one:

And this one, which was one color on the bottom of its wings:

And another color on the top:

It was suggested that we wear bright colors, and my sweater happened to be the color of the flowers that were blooming at the time. While I was bent over photographing one butterfly, another came in for a landing to check me out!

We were told that in another two months, there would be some very different varieties of butterflies, so it might be worth a trip back!