Tag: nature
group name: photoalbum
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January 02, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
The dogs and I piled in the truck and went for a ride. The countryside looks absolutely beautiful blanketed in snow.
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December 17, 2007 12:58 PM EST --
Just a few scenes from our first big snow storm.
Matt is probably wishing he hadn't doubled the size of the driveway:
A walk down my favorite path through the nearby woods: . . . more
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July 15, 2007 09:20 AM EDT --
If I were the jealous type, I would certainly be jealous of my mother's garden. She has three lots in which she has planted everything from Rose of Sharon to Sunflowers to a Trumpet Vine. The . . . more
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May 31, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
Out on the Cliff Walk today I stumbled upon a Bearded Iris and decided to do a macro study of it. Well, okay, there was a bug foraging down in there and that helped me decide to pull out the macro lens . . . more
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May 31, 2007 09:37 AM EDT --
To Michiganians, “”Up North” means a lot of different places. For Matt and I it means traveling to my parents’ house in Onekama, which is on Lake Michigan.
We always make . . . more
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July 13, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
These are the water shots taken on our canoe trip down the Platte.
These zebra mussels covered a lot of the downed logs. I wanted to heave them all up onto the shores to dry up. They are an extremely . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
Seven Lakes State Park in Holly is a restoration preserve for numerous wildflowers.
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July 11, 2007 09:43 AM EDT --
On our canoe trip last week, I had a short period of "downtime" when Matt took the truck to the end of the river. While waiting, I used my time wisely by photographing the beautiful plant . . . more
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August 26, 2007 03:30 PM EDT --
Seven Lakes State Park in Holly, MI is where we most often go hiking with the dogs. This time, I would like to take Gather along with me.
The snakes: information about the Massasauga, . . . more
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July 12, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
Words to describe my hometown of Onekama would almost invariably include "quaint", "picturesque" and "peaceful". As shown in the following photos, Onekama really . . . more
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December 03, 2007 06:53 PM EST --
The wind howls outside
Sounds of wind chimes ringing
Slowly drift inside
The chimes fall silent
As the wind turns to a breeze
Preparing for its next burst
With its energy regained
The wind . . . more
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January 27, 2008 06:57 PM EST --
Today I tackled one of the hikes I found in the Weekend Walks in Rhode Island book I found at Borders on Friday. I convinced my friend Virginia (a fellow ousted exile from Home Depot) to come along. . . . more
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June 27, 2007 11:54 PM EDT --
Hummingbird Hovers
Near mesquite tree covered with
Giant Mesquite Bugs
Written June 22, 2007, Camping at Colossal Cave, Tucson, Arizona
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January 17, 2008 11:10 PM EST --
This is my first January in South Florida, and I am really loving it. The past few days have felt a bit like fall, but tomorrow we are supposed to have summer weather again, and we will make a trip to . . . more
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January 20, 2008 11:00 PM EST --
Last Friday my sons and I went to Jungle Island in Miami together with my childhood friend Marianne. Jungle Island used to be Parrot Island, and there were so many beautiful birds.
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July 12, 2007 10:56 PM EDT --
So, last week on the 4th of July I took you on a tour of the lower trails in the Norman Bird Sanctuary (see the article here). This time we're back and we're going to climb (and that's literal . . . more
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July 17, 2007 08:54 PM EDT --
The Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge was developed on the site of an old Navy shooting range and communications center. When I first wandered out there in the '70s it was still a wasteland of . . . more
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October 04, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
My day off and I head right for my old stomping grounds to shake off the stress of the week. Here are some of the pictures I took on my walk.
In Ballard Park the main path in the northern part of the . . . more
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July 17, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
I've made a faux pas, a gaffe, a grave error! I've been a victim of my own horticultural hubris! I have (gasp) misidentified plants! No one accused me of this; I accuse myself.
Today during my . . . more
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November 22, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
I went out for a walk down to my favorite hangouts in the south end of Newport this morning, and I discovered that the Beeches have finally changed color. Hooray! Of course, the Maples have been changing . . . more
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