Salem gets its own entry to my "Beauty in Small Things" series rather than getting lumped in with all of Massachusetts because, quite frankly, it deserves it. I wasn't quite sure how I'd feel about this town before I moved here, but it sure has grown on me. This summer I so enjoyed taking walks, exploring, and trying to find all the parks. I pondered waiting to do this post until later so I could include some fall foliage, but I feel like all the loveliness of fall in New England will deserve it's own post too. It already seems like fall is truly here, and today I was happy as clam crunching leaves as I walked home under a drizzly sky. So until I can get out and document some of the loveliness of Massachusetts in autumn, here's some beautiful small things from Salem this summer.
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| Casablanca lilies on the 4th of July |
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| Yellow Salsify (Tragopodon dubius) |
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| Door of Grace Church |
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| Seemingly fall colors back in July |
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| Purple Dragon (Lamium maculatum) |
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| Clematis |
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| Echinacea and daisies |
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| In Greenlawn Cemetery |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron and Snapping Turtle |
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| Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanaceae Solanum dulcamara) |
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| Bittersweet Nightshade berries |
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| I love this door |
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| Wild rosebuds |
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| Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) |
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| Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron, possibly one making the transition from juvenile to adult |
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| Adult Black-crowned Night Heron |
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| Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
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| Lantana camara |
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| A rather pretty, but shy butterfly. The other side of its wings was orange. |
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| Butterfly Bush aka Summer Lilac (Buddleja davidii) |
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| Crown vetch (Securiga varia) |
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| One of the kittens up for adoption at the Northeast Animal Shelter. He kept trying to hit my camera. |
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