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Rambles and ramblings
Yesterday we took yet another walk. It leaves me with several themes spinning around in my head. Actually we took two walks: one to a place I’d never been, and one to the…
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Wet Wanderings
We’ve had clouds and showers over the last few days, but I’ve tried to resist my impulse to hide inside. On Sunday I went for a walk all by myself. A rare happening…
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Trailside minstrel
This morning I saw a bird that’s entirely new to me. It was alongside the trail where the girls and I went for a jog/bike ride. I think this little guy is an…
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Early morning bike ride
I have two very happy memories of being on a bike as a child. In the first, I was about 4 years old, sitting on my tricycle on the front sidewalk. It had…
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Seeds
We planted some lettuce, beans, and peas today. Tomorrow we’ll put in cucumber and tomato plants, and some kohlrabi, and hope for the best. It was hot — in the 90’s. In other…
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Rail Trail Sights
I’ve been going down to a local railroad-bed-turned-walking trail and jogging this spring. Sometimes the whole family goes, my husband running a little farther and faster, the girls on bikes. Sometimes I go…
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The Wogs
On Friday, we came home from a visit with my parents with some polliwogs to observe. We’re keeping them on the front porch. This morning marks our fourth day with them, and they’re…
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Lovely, dark and deep
Actually, the woods my daughters and I walked through yesterday were anything but dark. The sun was so bright I could hardly even see this robin in the trees above, much less determine…
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Birds, Horses, and Joy
I am reading Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society mentioned it, and I remembered I had a copy. But I can’t seem to gain much traction reading…
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Mother’s Day Sights
I promise this will be the last photo post for awhile. But I don’t have time to write about the other things on my mind today, and I DO have some photos from…