From The North Fork Long Island

Birds nesting holes in the sand cliffs at the Hallock State Preserve.

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Looking south over the Peconic Bay to Robins Island.

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Earlier this January we hopped in the car on a very cold but sunny day to see if hurricane Sandy had done any damage to Goldsmith's Inlet Park and to the inlet itself.  Though there was consider...

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A low sun at seven thirty last Friday cast a golden glow on a sand dune with it's weathered trees to the west and on the flat sandy beach to the east, the start of a beautiful, quiet evening. ...

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FOG The fog comes on little cat feet It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. C. Sandburg Not long ago I awoke to one of the softest morn...

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Last week during one of our exploratory drives we came upon Northville Beach on the Shore of Long Island Sound between Hallocks Pond and Jacobs Point.  Pier Avenue runs straight to Luce Landin...

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Wind shapes these seas of grass  near the water's edge Unable to climb cliffs  they ebb and flow here .   .   .    For More Skywatch photos from around the g...

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The four day Thanksgiving was over, our guests returned home. The day had been a cold windy one, brilliant sun then cloudy in a blue sky, very changeable throughout the day. As the early evening...

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Who could have guessed that the North Fork and Atlantic Coast would experience an earthquake and a hurricane turned tropical storm within a five day span in the last week of August.   Winds caus...

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This year's parade was nearly perfect, what a 4th of July parade should be.  The parade route was on the old poured concrete New Suffolk Avenue and was five blocks long start to finish.  There ...

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Such a fine time (click to enlarge and get a glimpse of the blossoms)               More Sky Watch photos from around the world here .

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In silence fog makes it's stealthy way surrounding everything with a fresh, spring scent

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While having a cup of coffee Sunday morning my eyelids opened enough to realize that the early low light seemed special in the way it was illuminating the orchard behind our yard.  I gazed at it...

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Looking east  the sun setting over my shoulder   gulls came to rest on the beach twilight beginning. For My World Tuesday photos click here . For Sky Watch photos from around t...

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The sweet water of the Peconic River eventually flows through Riverhead then in two more miles it empties into the Great Peconic Bay, a salt water estuary.   It is at the mouth of the Peconic Ri...

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Though dark and muted    this winter palette brings unique hues  to landscape and sky... the distant horizon a place for  quiet thought, reflection. For My World Tuesday pho...

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When I submit photos to Sky Watch Friday  I usually opt for colorful, peaceful shots of sunrises over the Peconic Bay or sunsets above the Long Island Sound, but last Sunday afternoon our eyes ...

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For our first hike of the year we choose a park we'd never visited before, Indian Island Park, a Suffolk county parkland of 275 acres.  One can normally drive around and through it but after a ...

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Sunday morning we rose early to leave our Christmas family in Bayside and head out to the North Fork.  The weather folks warned us of a winter snow bearing up on us, as it was approaching from t...

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We went south to celebrate an 80th birthday, reune with family and get a little fly fishing in over the Thanksgiving holidays.  The Florida Keys have become a second home for us as we have gone...

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Saturday arrived with clear sunny skies.  It was just warm enough to ward off the bit of chill in the air and make a beach walk very attractive to us.  Amy drove so that I'd have the luxury of ...

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The ospreys have gone... many of the grapes have been harvested and are slowly making their way to become good North Fork wine.  The leaves have colored and are beginning to fall, the pumpkin...

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  The approaching dawn once again found me, coffee in hand down by the bay standing in the lightest of air with a hint of salt in it.  As sunrise drew near, clouds like the curtains of heaven ...

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