Kent, Connecticut

Back on the 13th I took advantage of in and out rainy weather—one of my favorite shooting conditions—to tour around western Connecticut and nearby New York state to look for pictures. Early in the day I stopped where the Appalachian trail crosses the county road near the Kent School campus. The woods here are mostly spruce and pine with few broadleaf species. This makes the forest especially dark, so that even in this summer of rampant weed production the forest floor has minimal cover, just some dark-loving ferns, with lots of bare ground showing.

Kent, Connecticut

Across the road, the foothills of the Berkshires peek through the light rain. The hayfield, which is usually well maintained, looks as though it has been infested with so many invasives they may have to use a brush hog to mow it.

Kent, Connecticut