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Alien Life Form Answer
There were a lot of interesting guesses and a couple of what I believe to be correct answers. I will preface this post with the disclaimer that I am certainly no expert on fungi (or anything else, for that matter) , but here is what I think our mystery photo is… I thought it was… Read more…
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Cherry Tree Mystery
He who finds a thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace. ~Albert Einstein Melissa and I have been talking about how we can help students and teachers during this time of online learning so I want to try to do some different… Read more…
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Wherever I Go, I End Up At Pungo
Every place is given its character by certain patterns of events that keep on happening there… ~Christopher Alexander On Day 3, my last day of this coastal adventure, I drove down Hwy 12 to Pea Island NWR. But, as I had feared, the predicted winds were also there, blasting 15-25 mph with sand piling up… Read more…
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Cruising the Coastal Plain
Never stop wandering into wonder. ~Suzy Kassem Day two of my wanderings started at sunrise at Marsh A in the Pungo Unit, watching the swans’ world awaken. There were two other cars enjoying the start of the day as hundreds of swans started to stir. When the orange backdrop faded to white light, I drove… Read more…
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First in Flight
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? ~Frida Kahlo I think I can answer that after spending an afternoon watching my favorite winter resident, the tundra swans, at the Pungo Unit this past weekend. It turns out, if you are one of North America’s largest waterfowl (weighing in at… Read more…
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Wanderings
Retirement is not the end of the road. It is the beginning of the open highway. ~Author unknown I mentioned in my last post that this retirement thing is starting to feel real. To confirm it once and for all, I decided to make a trip to the coast this past week. The weather looked… Read more…
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It Must Be Real
Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else. ~Fred Rogers I guess it is really true…I am retired (again). I haven’t had much time to think about it until the last few days what with all the holiday goings-on with family and travel. I have made… Read more…
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Dipper
Bird and stream are inseparable, songful and wild, gentle and strong – the bird [water ouzel], ever in danger in the midst of the stream’s mad whirlpools, yet seemingly immortal. ~John Muir I want to share one more highlight from our Colorado trip this past October. The trip was filled with beautiful places, great hikes,… Read more…
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Colorado
The mountains are fountains, not only of rivers, but of men. Therefore, we are all, in some sense, mountaineers, and going to the mountains is going home. ~John Muir Back in October, Melissa and I spent a glorious ten days traveling throughout the grand state of Colorado. We didn’t have much of a plan, other… Read more…
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Change is in the Air
Summer is a promisory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January. ~Hal Borland There is a change in the air…it doesn’t seem as humid; hurricanes are in the news; and at our house, we are starting to look for caterpillars. Yes,… Read more…
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