Category: Arts
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Today is cool with intermittent puffy fair-weather clouds and a light northerly breeze. The ragweed by our deck is probably six feet tall yet is dwarfed by the Pokeberry which is well over eight foot in height. The Poke weed’s berries are ripening a deep purple; they ripen from the top down and as they…
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Conversations on the Dock
We are nearing the end of a lovely early autumn day. The forecast rain never materialized which has become the new norm. To their credit, the Weather Service has been slowly decreasing the chance of rain the pat few days; now it rests at zero. The woodbine is turning scarlet along stone walls. Small flocks…
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Reading Jean Hersey
A bright, sunny day now that the fog has lifted. The fields and verges are a range of August browns, tans, and russets. Joe-Pye weed is everywhere while we await the blooming of the New England Asters, the flower kingdom’s celebration of autumn. We finally had rain Wednesday and were treated to the grass turning…
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Stillmeadow Revisited
After a blistering July, August began with deep chill. At one point Friday afternoon the temperature was 63F with a stiff breeze blowing in from the northeast. I kept putting on layers until late afternoon when the sun came out, the wind died down, and the temperature rose into the low 70’s. This morning the…
