So the astrologers and newspapers call it: a full moon at perigee, so that it looks especially large and bright. These images were taken with a pocket digital camera, which is incapable of dealing with unusual light conditions. But it was what old Pa Pitt had to work with.
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Supermoon
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A Celandine Wood in Fox Chapel
Acres and acres of Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) carpet the forest floor near the Squaw Run in Fox Chapel. These and many other local flowers may be found at our sister site Flora Pittsburghensis.
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Waterfall Near the Trillium Trail, Fox Chapel
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Trillium in the Rain
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Fiddlehead
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Little Waterfalls in Scott Township
Father Pitt admits to being a sucker for waterfalls, big or small. These are small, but very relaxing to look at and listen to. They’re part of a stream along the Tom the Tinker Trail in the Kane Nature Reserve. You can hear the spring chorus of birds in the background.
The name of the trail, incidentally, is an allusion to the Whiskey Rebellion. Notes signed “Tom the Tinker” appeared everywhere threatening anyone who complied with the whiskey tax.
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Waterfall on the Squaw Run
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Crocuses
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Water over the Dam in North Park
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Bald Eagles at the National Aviary