The Susquehanna at Wrightsville PA

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From this week's vantage point in Wrightsville, PA, I looked to the left and saw the modern Rt. 30 span across the Susquehanna.

I looked straight across and saw glimpses of the town of Columbia.  The water tower with a colorful sign is at the tourist site, The Turkey Hill Experience.

Before the site was renovated, I visited the crumbling ruins of the former silk mill, and used imagery from my visits in my three Silk Mill artquilts.  Here is Silk Mill #3.

Silk Mill #3

I looked to the right and saw the Veterans Memorial Bridge, a continuing source of inspiration and imagery in my artwork.

I took a few minutes to look down and see what was growing wild along the riverbank.  I was rewarded with finding this false indigo.

The flowers are complex and beautiful under the macro lens.

I also found a yellow flag iris.

And a dizzying array of chamomile in full bloom.

My real reason for the trip was to train my telephoto lens on a portion of this landscape I haven't focused on before.  Next to the Veterans Memorial Bridge are a series of old bridge piers that were used in several previous historic bridge structures.  It's an interesting history; you can read about it here.  Over time the piers have accumulated the trappings of small islands, with accumulated soil and vegetation.

I chose this view as my week 49 inspiration image for my 52 Ways to Look at the River project.  If you are new here, you can see a recap of the project in this previous post, or click the "52 Weeks" tab at the top to track back all the posts.

52 Ways to Look at the River, Week 49 image,

This was one of my more detailed and time consuming panels to make, but I am very happy with how it turned out!

52 Ways to Look at the River, Week 49 panel

Only 4 more weeks to go until I have all 52 panels, and then I will assemble them into art quilts.
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