This has been a brutal winter up here in the Boston area. (Come to think of it, it's all been in February!) Well, in the midst of snow on snow on snow on snow, I traveled to Philly an a frosty day. You know it's been cold when the salt water of the bays and estuaries freezes.
Getting around Boston had become tough, with the transit system we call
the T essentially having a melt-down: shut down for days and limited services when it was up and running. But fortunately,
Amtrak was still running, so I got to Philly and back with some reasonable days.
I always take a seat on the left side, so I can see the coastline: the beaches and saltmarshes and estuaries that stretch from Rhode Island through the meadowlands of Jersey.
Even the sky was frosty on the 18th of February, rendering the photos in a natural sepia tone. Despite the cold and snow all around, there was special beauty in frozen waterscapes that passed by my window.
Since many of these vistas are far from urban, I'm sharing them here (instead of my photo blog, Urban Vistas).
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| A diffused and haloed sun shines through a frosty sky in Rhode Island |
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| Crossing the frozen Pawcatuck River, leaving Westerly, RI and entering Pawcatuck, CT |
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| High above the frosty waters, a bird of prey has a great view of the Little Narragansett Bay approaching Stonington, CT |
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| Frozen estuaries near Stonington, CT |
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| A weak sun shines over a sepia landscape of bare trees and frozen waters. |
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| Open waters near Mystic, CT |
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| Riverfront walkway next to the tracks at New London, CT |
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| Reconstruction the Boardwalk at Niantic, CT |
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| Frozen estuaries near Guilford, CT |
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| Another frozen stream approaching Branford, CT |
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| Crossing the Hutichenson River, entering the Bronx |
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| Steam clouds rise from power plants in Queens, seen from crossing the viaduct to the Hell Gate Bridge |
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| Frozen Jersey meadowlands with the Pulaski Skyway in the background |
