Wide expanse
Nearing night
Grasses wave sway
Every trip to Whalehead offers sensual rewards.
“I have an immoderate passion for water; for the sea, though so vast, so restless, so beyond one’s comprehension; for rivers, beautiful, yet fugitive and elusive; but especially for marshes, teeming with all that mysterious life of the creatures that haunt them.”– Guy de Maupassant
Clarified form
Critical reflection
Absolute indubitability
The continuous visual experience advances steadily when the sun falls just below the horizon.
“The whole concrete surrounding life-world is for me, from now on, only a phenomenon of being, instead of something that is.”– Edmund Husserl
Wetland ecosystem
Herbaceous plants
Predominate
A low elevation coastal plain estuary is a highly dynamic biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
“The marsh did not confine them but defined them and, like any sacred ground, kept their secrets deep.” – Delia Owens
Upland region
Coastal plain
River crossing
An area of rocky shallow fast moving river water.
“A river seems like a magic thing. Magic, moving, living part of the earth itself.” – Laura Gilpin
Going down slow
Time passage
Able to see
Some creative venues are consistently reliable within a circumambient opportunity.
“And the evening sings in a voice of amber, and the sky is softly humming.” -Al Stewart
Morning glow
Between dimensions
Streams of matter
Cosmic secrets manifest in a continuous progression.
“Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.” – Oscar Wilde
Gray day
Quite still
Rain imminent
Some overcast days exhibit an impressive dignity.
“What a soft thoughtful time, in this illusory gloom.” — Vera Nazarian
Critical habitat
Maritime climate
Associated buffers
A swampy area is located at a high elevation point on Jamestown Island.
“While it may seem easy to lump wetlands, marshes and swamps together, they all have some unique characteristics.” – Anonymous
Cold sea
Long slant
Winter sun
Cold winter days on the beach stimulate invigoration.
“So, you see, my heart is held forever by this place,” she said. “I cannot leave.” – Susanna Kearsley
Secret past
Sense of recollection
Know just what to do
A still winter morning on the lower James River.
“You belong somewhere you feel free.” — Tom Petty