Category: self care
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Use Your Words
A fine early September day. We had a goodly dew overnight so the grass is wet, green, and lush. Jennie says that this morning’s dawn chorus was rowdy; without my hearing aids I could not hear it, but I am glad the birds were up and singing. The days are cool and sunny, the nights…
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On the Need Not to Know
A bright early autumn day, sunlight spiling across the field and through the trees. It was chilly this morning and has warmed up some now. We may have a little rain tomorrow. Out on the marshes the grasses have turned a mix of early season green, beige, and brown. Our neighbour who owns the field…
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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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After The Heat Wave
A day of intense sunlight. A few fair weather clouds drift here and yon across the great arc of blue sky. The local birds are raising their second or third broods while the osprey appear to be feeding chicks and more forcefully guarding their nests. We had three days of intense heat, which broke yesterday.…
