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UNDULATING IN THE UNDERBRUSH IN THE DANGEROUS WOODS
Doesn’t that sound like some bizarre parallel of life? There you are in your L.L. Bean boots, sprayed head-to-foot with anti-bug glop. You don’t know what’s worse — the big heavy boots with your jeans...
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FIVE MINUTES AT TWILIGHT BY THE WOODS
Those golden moments at twilight are incredibly brief. The golden light hits … and less than 10 minutes later — usually more like five minutes — it’s dark. Maybe that’s just true at this latitude. I...
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WHAT IS THAT SOUND IN THE BASEMENT?
We were watching “Father Brown” on Netflix and in the back of my head, I was hearing a grinding sort of sound. I could not identify it, but it was coming from the basement. I could barely hear it … but...
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FOREST LIFE WHEN SPRING HAS COME – Marilyn Armstrong
OH FOREST PRIMEVAL I laughed when Ellin wrote that the weather is perfect for outside. “Not too hot, not too cold, and the bugs aren’t in full attack mode.” Or something to that effect. People who...
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THE PATH #writephoto – Marilyn Armstrong
As long as I can remember, I’ve been enchanted by paths and in particular, by paths in the woods. There’s something about them, a kind of magic. You can’t see where the path ends and any time you...
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ATTEAN WAY: MAINE, WILD AND WONDERFUL – Marilyn Armstrong
I live in New England and it is where I always wanted to live. I think I originally had a more northern destination in mind, but the requirements of work brought us originally to the Boston area and...
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A SUNNY FALL DAY IN NOVEMBER – Marilyn Armstrong
A Beautiful Autumn Day in November An orange maple leaf It has been a pretty sad sack of Autumn in Massachusetts. Last week, the leaves finally decided to change. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of...
View ArticleIN THE AIR AS SPRING ARRIVES – Marilyn Armstrong
Someone wrote that the weather is perfect for being outside. “Not too hot, not too cold, and the bugs aren’t in full attack mode.” Or something like that. People who don’t live here don’t “get” our...
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LINE AND SQUARES AND FALL – Marilyn Armstrong
FROM THE SALT LINE TO THE GOLDEN TREES Small, cute, and hungry A titmouse enjoys the bright colorful woods The great maple in front of the house
View ArticleTHE PATH NOT TAKEN – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week Challenge: The Road Not Taken In the winter, in the snow … or through the autumn woods. There is always an untaken path. There is never enough time to walk every path. We are inevitably...
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AN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH NATURE
“A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.” Attean Way (Jackman, Maine) in late afternoon with light on the autumn woods and mountains across the lake
View ArticleSNOW SKY AT DUSK
I believe I have mentioned how the light the day after snow is different. The sky seems to glow in a variety of magical colors. Today, it was a pale tangerine — a cross between pink and light orange....
View ArticleKITCHEN PICTURES ON A RAINY DAY IN OCTOBER
I woke up this morning and it was raining. I went back to sleep and when I woke up later, it was still raining. I got dressed. Started the coffee and toasted a muffin, but it was still raining. I......
View ArticleNOVEMBER EVENING
So I was sitting and looking out the big window. The light was lovely. So I hustled outside and took a few pictures. The colors on the trees have changed. You can see all the bronze of the oaks...
View ArticleTHE BROWN MONTHS, THE BROWN LEAVES
When the bright leaves of autumn have fallen, been collected and carted off or tossed into the woods to add to the humus in which everything grows, that’s when the green leaves of the oaks suddenly...
View ArticleTHE LAST AUTUMN FOLIAGE
The day before all the leaves fell from the trees was beautiful. Garry wasn’t up to going out — his shoulder has a nerve issue and he’s getting a cortisone shot for it next week. But the sun was out......
View ArticleANOTHER GREY DAY – ATMOSPHERIC MORNING
When I was a kid, I had a book. It was published by Disney and this was a long time before Disney became the big name it is today. It was called “Seasons” — or something like that. What was... Read More ›
View ArticleWHY DID I HAVE THAT PARTICULAR DREAM LAST NIGHT?
Dreams are as personal as anything gets. Normal dreams are some kind of weird, twisted personal experience, set in a hazy backdrop of ordinary things turned upside down or sideways. This particular...
View ArticleTHE CHANGING SEASONS: NOVEMBER 2017
The Changing Seasons: November 2017 November is one of the two non-photogenic months in the valley, the other being March. Last year, we got lucky. We had an exceptionally long autumn that lasted...
View ArticleAPRIL TURNS TOWARD MAY
Share Your World 25th April The leaves are opening outside. Even the oaks are showing baby leaves — and I’ve never seen them leaf before May. Ever. It really is warmer than it was. And oh those...
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