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Wasn’t it Just Spring?
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~Anne Bradstreet The past couple of days have been warm and spring-like with highs around 60. Yesterday morning dawned with a gray coating of fog across our woods, coating… Read more
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Snow at Last
Oh winter! One never, never loses the surprise and wonder of new fallen snow… ~Emily Carr And surprise it was….they predicted it, and it actually snowed! That has been an unusual happening in these parts for over 450 days (I believe I heard the last measurable snow fall in central North Carolina was about 469… Read more
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Natural Art
All nature is but art unknown to thee. ~Alexander Pope Earlier this week, I accompanied some friends on a stroll through one of my favorite local natural areas – Johnston Mill Nature Preserve in Orange County. This area is managed by the Triangle Land Conservancy and is one of their more popular sites. I love… 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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