Tag: nature
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Christmas Tree: World Tree
“Now Christmas is past, Twelfth Night is the last, To the Old Year adieu, Great joy to the new!” — Traditional Carol This morning dawned bright and cold, – 19 F cold. Lots of evaporative fog over the lake. Major thaw coming later this week? This morning Jennie left to work in Africa for two…
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The Complexities of Landscape
A warm day, high cloud slowly lowering as the day passed. Jut now the cloud obscured the low sun. With luck, we shall have rain. Here by the lake, the trees are in full color as you can see in this view out our studio windows.
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An Osprey’s View
A wild couple of days of storm have passed. Now the fog and wind are all that remain of the tempest. The weather seems to reflect the national mood, creating a milieu that is mythic. Somewhere out there, in the deep fog, one imagines people stirring cauldrons and chanting ancient phrases.
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Empty Nest
This morning we awoke to rain. Now, in early evening, the sky is milky, a breeze blows in from the lake, and the air is warm. A couple of hours after I posted last, a commotion arose on the front porch; the robin on duty had seen a cat and raised the alarm. I walked…
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