Tag: summer
group name: naturepictures
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June 25, 2006 07:33 AM EDT --
There is something about a gentle summer rain
that invites us to be still.
The birds, though calling, stay perched.
Foxes, squirrels and chipmunks
watch, but don't venture.
Sounds are muffled . . . more
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June 24, 2006 04:35 PM EDT --
By Mona S. Svendsen
A special phenomenon occurs at this time of year as the Starlings flies in huge flocks, this phenomenon is called black sun. As the sun doesn't set until late at night . . . more
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July 08, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
Every year over the Fourth of July holiday, Matt and I make our annual pilgrimage to the Platte River in Benzie County, Michigan for canoing and kayaking.
The start of the trip:
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May 26, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
Yesterday Lena came over with Julia and Sage in the late afternoon. Tuck was so excited when he saw the girls because he knew that meant an extra walk. He loves going walking with the girls.... . . . 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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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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July 31, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
Today I went off the island (Newport is on an island in Narragansett Bay called Aquidneck Island) to go walk the East Bay Bike Path. This was built on an old abandoned local short rail railroad, and it . . . more
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July 29, 2006 09:51 AM EDT --
Summer Blues
I always hated summer,
not disliking watermelon or strawberries or blackberries
or cucumbers for that matter,
but summer seems to be the the season for the blues
when folks disappear . . . more
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August 21, 2006 09:39 PM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
lately when we've been kayaking at sunset, we see the most gorgeous patterns in the end-of-summer lilypads. they have holes and tears in them. yet each . . . more
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July 21, 2007 05:56 PM EDT --
After a ver wet vacation with more than one month of rain, rain and rain in Denmark, I still managed to find some beauty in my grandmother's garden.
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June 22, 2008 06:37 PM EDT --
In the late afternoon on the summer solstice, Sophie decided to take a walk around her world. Sophie lives with Ophelia, her mother, her Uncle Othello and Tuck, their loyal canine companion . . . more
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July 04, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
The Norman Bird Sanctuary is in Middletown, RI, the next town over/up from us in Newport. The Sanctuary lies behind Second Beach, and up on the Ridge Trails in the Sanctuary you get some really gorgeous . . . more
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May 30, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
Nothing says summer, than some good homemade syrup, and I would like to give you one, that is not so common, but very tasty! Enjoy
25-30 Elderflower Petals
2 Lemons
1 liter water
1 2 pounds sugar . . . more
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August 04, 2007 08:34 PM EDT --
Photo Essay Contest. It's become a tradition, our yearly campout to Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA We've been doing it now for the past 8 years. We love it there, it's . . . more
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June 10, 2008 03:06 PM EDT --
Yesterday was the beginning of summer reading - an event that we look forward to as a family. This year's theme is "Catch The Reading Bug" which is great because Gideon LOVES bugs and because . . . more
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March 28, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
I am not feeling well today, battling a sinus and ear infection. I have an appointment with my ENT Specialist Wednesday afternoon to have another tube put in my ear! I have had fever all night . . . more
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June 20, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
Today is the Summer Solstice, aka Litha, aka Midsummer. I went down to my spiritual home and did the things I do every year on this day, including putting new water from Gooseneck Cove in the antique glass . . . more
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July 26, 2008 05:37 PM EDT --
(Note: I am not sharing a post; I'm publishing an article, specifically a photo essay. Gather, will you PLEASE go back to using adult terminology?)
It's a nice sunny Saturday in Newport, . . . more
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August 02, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
Tonight, just after dark set in, my husband came in from the patio and wanted me to come out and see something. I was on the phone with a worker and kind of waved him off. After I hung up I came out . . . more
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