243/365: An early morning spider web.

242/365: Another view.

241/365: Truman lending a hand.

240/365: An August bouquet from the garden.

Skywatch Friday

239/365: Heading home from a predawn row on Bantam Lake, Litchfield, Connecticut. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

238/365: Waterbury SWAT, one of 37 teams doing the hostage rescue event in the Connecticut SWAT Challenge, August 2009.

237/365: Done.

236/365: On deck.

235/365: Brian briefing the state police team before the hostage rescue event.

234/365: Maggie.

Baird's

233/365: The general store is up there with the covered bridge as a classic New England icon; this one, in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, is a popular stop with thru-hikers on the nearby Appalachian Trail.

Skywatch Friday

232/365: A cornfield in the Northeast Kingdom, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. For more skies from around the world, please visit Skywatch Friday.

Truman

231/365: Can someone help me, please?

D2R2

230/365: The Deerfield Dirt Road Randonnee, aka D2R2, was hands down the hardest ride I've done. Ever. The 7,780 feet of climbing on the 100K route was as relentless as the near-record heat. But Brian says I finished with a smile on my face, so I guess that means I'll do it again.

Sunrise

229/365: Heading home after a nice session on the water.

228/365: Sunrise over North Bay, Bantam Lake

227/365: White Memorial and the Bantam River inlet off starboard.

226/365: Deb and George warming up in the Filippi, 5.20 am.

225/365: Marigolds and summer squash.

224/365: Monarda, dahlias, and coreopsis

223/365: A classic sunflower

222/365: Scarlet runner beans.

221/365: nasturtium 'Empress of India'

220/365: A Northeast Kingdom farmer, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.

219/365: Politics on parade.

218/365: Not sure what this was about.

217/365: Parading down Main Street, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.

216/365: Preparing for the parade, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.

215/365: Echinacea 'Magnus'

214/365: Artichoke

213/365: Echinacea 'Magnus'