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SITY: Beautiful Leaves, Beautiful Trees

Posted on 11/13/2021 by chick

It wasn’t hard to figure out what kind of tree this was. The pattern on the bark and the leaf shape pointed to ash, and the fall leaf color suggested white ash specifically. The identity of this tree actually cleared … Continue reading →

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Ramblings

Posted on 11/03/2021 by chick

A whole month elapsed between the time I took the first photo of beechdrops (9/26) and the last photo (10/28). If you’d asked me how long it was, I would have said maybe two weeks. I only seem to understand … Continue reading →

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Day 241: Lessons From Nature

Posted on 11/09/2020 by chick
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Day 185: Soon

Posted on 09/14/2020 by chick

Recently I mentioned how I wanted to create a walking path on my property and that one of the potential destinations for the path was the big rock at the front of my property. Here is a picture of that … Continue reading →

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Day 145: Rainbows and Oaks

Posted on 08/05/2020 by chick

Isaias turned out to be a strange storm. Mostly it hit us with wind, but for a little while we had slashing rain interspersed with periods of sunlight, creating an on-again, off-again rainbow. Just when it seemed the storm was … Continue reading →

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Day 144: In for a Bumpy Ride

Posted on 08/04/2020 by chick

It’s late afternoon and the wind is already picking up. The worst of Tropical Storm Isaias isn’t supposed to hit until later tonight, but already our driveway is covered with bits of tree debris, and a tree limb hit the … Continue reading →

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Do You See What I See?

Posted on 03/29/2020 by chick

Weathered wood is strangely beautiful. I often take pictures of it. There was something familiar about the lines of the weathered tree trunk pictured below, but I didn’t realize what it was until I reviewed the pictures today. Do you … Continue reading →

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Inspiration Abounds

Posted on 03/31/2018 by chick

It’s amazing how often I am reminded to work on my novel. Trees are everywhere, not just outside, but inside. I find them in art and literature, even in architecture. At Livia’s art show there were some paintings of trees, … Continue reading →

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SITY: A Tragedy

Posted on 06/29/2017 by chick

On Saturday I walked down the driveway to pick up The New York Times newspaper that was waiting for me at the end of it. As I passed beneath the trees I noticed that there was a layer of greenish-brown … Continue reading →

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Walking in Snow and Ice

Posted on 03/19/2017 by chick

I went for a walk today. I am sore all over, but it was good to go. I need to go more often. Imagine the snow is just deep enough to swallow your feet whole. The ice on top is … Continue reading →

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