Turkey Hill and the Susquehanna

There was a rare spot of sunshine during another cold rainy week, so I took advantage of it with a quick trip down to the boat launch/river access off of Blue Rock Road in Lancaster County, PA.  It's just a short walk down to the Susquehanna, across the railroad tracks.  On the way I paused to admire the Dame's Rocket, Hesperis matronalis, in full bloom:

 The milkweed is budding up and getting ready to bloom.  I'm always glad to see it, as it's a vital food source for monarch caterpillars:

 And the pokeweed is growing by leaps and bounds. I admire its vigor in the wild, but not so much in my garden:

Here's what I came for, the view of the Susquehanna, looking downriver towards Turkey Hill.  You can just make out the Enola Low Grade Trail, last week's photo site, at the base of the hill:

I was at this spot early last fall, but looking upriver, for my week 20 fisheye image:

52 Ways to Look at the River, week 20 image

 And the resultant week 20 panel:

52 Ways to Look at the River, week 20 panel

Here's the dock this week, sans boat:

To get even more meta, remember that view of the islands from the trail, from last week?

Here's one of them full on, with a telephoto lens, revealing what I'm assuming is a duck blind in front of it:

And surely you remember that red caboose on the trail?

The caboose is just visible, with the telephoto lens, in the image I chose for this week's inspiration photo. At the top of Turkey Hill are the windmills, standing 262 feet high, that help power the dairy.  Just beyond the windmills is the Frey Farm Landfill.

 The panel is wool and silk, 6" x 12", needlefelted, stitched, and painted.

52 Ways to Look at the River, week 47 panel

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