Tuesday, June 14, 2011
For Rachael:
I took these pictures as we drove through New York yesterday. They are for Rachael to see because she really wants to see New York. These are not the best pictures Rachael, but they show you what it looks like to drive past.
D.C pictures
My mother has already put pictures up of D.C. If you would like to see them check her blog. I didn't take very many pictures this weekend (actually, Elliot took almost all the pictures). I kept myself busy, pushing Emma's stroller, and feeding Emma crackers. :)
We had a great time with the Myers family. Great job Justin and Will for making it to Washington D.C!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Lobster Cruise
Last week on dads day off we went on a Lobster cruise. It was really neat to ride a lobster boat out onto the ocean! Out in the water, the Lobster man pulled up a Lobster cage. He caught a female lobster who was a little more the 1 pound. Mom, Elliot and I got to hold the Lobster. She was all slimy and cold....
Lobsters are truly amazing.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Goat island
This is Goat island. Someone actually lives out there in that house! Wow! To get home they have to park on Cape Porpoise pier (that's where all the boats are and a few Restaurants), next they hop in a boat and arrive at home on the island. What a life.
The picture below shows how far away the island is without zooming in.
The picture below shows how far away the island is without zooming in.
Friday, June 3, 2011
new surroundings
Here's a little educational tidbit on Maine coasts!
Today we went to Rachel Carson wildlife refuge. Rachel Carson was a biologist, writer editor, and an employee for the U.S Fish and Wildlife service. She wrote three books about the land elements of the Maine coast. At her wildlife refuge we observed estuarine marsh land. Estuarine is a term for areas where inland river water and salt water combine.
the marsh contains salt pannes which are low spots of the marsh that hold salt water as the tide fluctuates. Only specially designed plants and invertebrates can live in the highly concentrated salt water of the salt pannes.
The rivers contained in the marsh land weave back and forth in the meandering curves. These waters fluctuate with the tides, thus they're filled and drained twice a day. The nutrients from the upland water and the slat water combine in these marshes causing them to thrive with a complex marine food web. Below are some pictures of the marsh land rivers.
All of these marshes surround a beautiful forest of evergreen, and white pine trees, the forest floor supports a vast amount of ferns growing in the shade. Here on the forest floor I saw the ladyslipper flower for the first time!
Today we went to Rachel Carson wildlife refuge. Rachel Carson was a biologist, writer editor, and an employee for the U.S Fish and Wildlife service. She wrote three books about the land elements of the Maine coast. At her wildlife refuge we observed estuarine marsh land. Estuarine is a term for areas where inland river water and salt water combine.
the marsh contains salt pannes which are low spots of the marsh that hold salt water as the tide fluctuates. Only specially designed plants and invertebrates can live in the highly concentrated salt water of the salt pannes.
Here is a picture of a salt panne.
The rivers contained in the marsh land weave back and forth in the meandering curves. These waters fluctuate with the tides, thus they're filled and drained twice a day. The nutrients from the upland water and the slat water combine in these marshes causing them to thrive with a complex marine food web. Below are some pictures of the marsh land rivers.
All of these marshes surround a beautiful forest of evergreen, and white pine trees, the forest floor supports a vast amount of ferns growing in the shade. Here on the forest floor I saw the ladyslipper flower for the first time!
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