A lake and a bench near a trail south-west from Visitor Center in Onondaga Cave State Park. Leasburg, Missouri, September 24, 2005
Park bench in Lomonosov (Oranienbaum). West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 11, 2016
Park bench in fresh snow in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 25, 2016
A bench overlooking Dundery Brook in Wilbour Woods park. Little Compton, Rhode Island, October 22, 2004
Benches at 9-th Parade Alley in Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2016
Benches at Starosylviyskaya Alley in Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2016
Bench at Pilbashennaya Alley in Pavlovsk Park in Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 17, 2013
Iron bench in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 25, 2011
Stone bench (1760s) on Angliyskaya Alley in a park of Lomonosov (Oranienbaum). West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 23, 2011
Bench at Novo-Sadovaya Street in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 17, 2013
Stone bench (1760s) on Angliyskaya Alley in the park. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
A bench near a pond in the park of Institute for Advanced Studies. Princeton, New Jersey, March 30, 2007
Playing chess on a bench in Moskovsky Pobedy Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2009
Park bench at Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 5, 2013
Bench at Krasnogo Bugra (Solntsa) Alley in fog in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 17, 2013
Burnt park bench at Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, June 16, 2012
Park bench on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 5, 2013
A bench in northern part of Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 26, 2015
Shade with benches in Aspire Park at morning. Doha, Qatar, October 22, 2015
Bench on Mariyinskaya Alley in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 31, 2015
Benches and yellow leaves at Starosylviyskaya Alley in Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2016
Alley and iron benches in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13, 2016
Stone bench near Gulf of Finland in lower Sergievka Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2017
Lichen Diploschistes actinostomus on a sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
Ochre Bracket mushrooms (Trametes ochracea) on a park bench in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 13, 2019
Aspicilia(?) lichen on a sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
Stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench at Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
Ruffle lichen (Parmotrema) on a sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
Lichen Diploschistes actinostomus on a sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
Texture of stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench at Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
Stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) among Acarospora on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Apothecia of stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Close-up of Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Some grey crustose lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Light grey crustose lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Pattern grey crustose lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Close-up of stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Patch of cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Round patch of Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
Iron bench at Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2021
Small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis behind a park bench on gravel mixed with bog iron in mesic woods with water oaks and elm nearby in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis (average size 1 cm, largest 2 cm) behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis on gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Side view of small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis on gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Group of small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis on gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis together with mold Syzygites megalocarpus(?) on gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Close-up of small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis on gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Masses of small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis collected from gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Side view of small dark trumpet mushrooms Pseudocraterellus undulatus (P. sinuosus) or may be P. subundulatus or Crat. calyculus/hesleri/carolinensis collected from gravel behind a park bench in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Small mushrooms Cotylidia diaphana behind an iron bench on rusty gravel soil in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022
Tiny grey Rhodocollybia or may be Entoloma mushrooms behind an iron bench on rusty gravel soil in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022
Spores of mushrooms Cotylidia diaphana (size 4.4 x 3.4 micron) collected behind an iron bench on rusty gravel soil in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022
Patch of cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
Close-up of Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
Lower Yosemite Fall (98 m) from Sunnyside Bench Descent Trail in Yosemite Village in Yosemite National Park. California, March 17, 2024
Base of Lower Yosemite Fall from Sunnyside Bench Descent Trail in Yosemite Village in Yosemite National Park. California, March 17, 2024
BRP (Bison Recreational Products) Manchester Bench (Model MC104) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025
A poetic tribute "Pushkin was here" to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in Catherine Park. The symbols on the bench carry specific meanings related to his time at the Imperial Lyceum (located just nearby), where he studied from 1811 to 1817. The Bicorne Hat (Cocked Hat): This represents the uniform worn by the students of the Imperial Lyceum. The Open Book: A symbol of his literary genius and his constant immersion in reading and writing poetry, often done while wandering this very park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025
Alley crossing in Oranienbaum Park. The image captures a quiet intersection of paths lined with mature trees, emphasizing the park s thoughtful layout that encourages leisurely exploration. The placement of multiple benches at this crossing invites visitors to pause and take in the surroundings from different angles. Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in Lomonosov (a suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia, October 13, 2025
Iron bench of the Triple Lime Avenue in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 15, 2025
