Tag: seasons
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Report from Vermont: April Showers
We are well into April, and true to form, it has been a showery month. Between rain and snow melt, the rivers and lake are at low flood stage, and the lawns and fiends are a rich, happy green. We heard this week that even with the winter’s abundant moisture our ground water supplies remain…
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Red Fox
Snow fell much of yesterday and last night, our first real storm of the year. This morning we awoke to turbulent skies and deep powder snow. Now, the birds are busy on the feeders; there is no sign of the squirrels. The breeze, which had been calm, is picking up, promising a raw day.
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Thanksgiving
A “Happy Thanksgiving” to all who celebrate this day! Today we express gratitude for the innumerable gifts of this life. This year, we acknowledge the efforts of all those who risk much so that we may have water, and so that Mother Earth may be healed. Our thoughts, affection, and support are with them. May…
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Late Autumn Wonderings
After days of cloud (it is November), there are patches of blue sky, marking a perfect contrast to the burnt orange oaks and maples still holding their leaves. The ever-present November wind shakes the trees, stops, then returns. The freeze a couple of nights ago killed the front garden, yet the back garden, mostly prepared…
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