Figure 1 – Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, MA. (c) DE Wolf.

The hot August days continue, and they continue to remind us of the imminent coming change of seasons. For many, New England is epitomized by the barrier islands of Capes Ann and Cod. I took the photograph of Figure 1 at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island yesterday. This is a delicate and precarious place; so battered by winder Noreasters.