Hay bales on a trailer evoke a parody of Credence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary.” Big bales keep on rollin’.

A blue heron stands like a proud lord of the manor observing his watery domain. Or maybe it’s just looking for a good fishing spot.

An egret looks like a drunken sailor about to go over the deep end.

Leaves on the trees at Anson Nixon Park are beginning to show the change from late summer to early autumn.

Sailors and kayakers enjoy the last weeks of summer during a warm but mild sunny afternoon on the lake at Marsh Creek State Park.

While Hurricane Ida played havoc on travel and damaged property and businesses, beauty can still be found in nature. Here, the storm turns a piece of flat ground along the railroad tracks in Pennsbury Township into a virtual bayou.

It's said that clouds have a silver lining. This one has a ling that makes it look a little like Woody the Woodpecker. https://www.myinstants.com/instant/woody-woodpecker-laugh/

An egret stalks cautiously then pauses and waits.

Young pinecones hang out on a limb before they drop.

Purple summer phlox punctuate the earth tones along the banks of the Brandywine.