Category: gratitude
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Our Group Show Approaches
Today is cool and damp, a breeze slowly moving the tree limbs, and the occasional spit of rain. There’s a low pressure system southeast of us, just close enough to be felt. Had it come straight up the coast we would have had a very welcome nor’easter. This morning we joined friends for breakfast in…
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September Begins
The fog has burned off, and with it the early morning chill. The starlings have begun to congregate and we have seen a couple of murmurations which always bring us joy. There are more migrating shore birds on the flats. Many of them will pass through, with only the occasional great blue heron or egret…
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Transitions
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…
