Tag: summer
group name: naturelovers
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May 26, 2007 06:39 PM EDT --
Last August, we took a long road trip from San Bernardino, California to my hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One of the highlights along the way was Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah. . . . more
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June 25, 2006 07:33 AM EDT --
There is something about a gentle summer rain
that invites us to be still.
The birds, though calling, stay perched.
Foxes, squirrels and chipmunks
watch, but don't venture.
Sounds are muffled . . . more
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July 17, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
I've made a faux pas, a gaffe, a grave error! I've been a victim of my own horticultural hubris! I have (gasp) misidentified plants! No one accused me of this; I accuse myself.
Today during my . . . more
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July 21, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
Darkness lurking behind
Following my every step
Smiling towards the sun
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May 26, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
Yesterday Lena came over with Julia and Sage in the late afternoon. Tuck was so excited when he saw the girls because he knew that meant an extra walk. He loves going walking with the girls.... . . . more
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July 12, 2007 10:56 PM EDT --
So, last week on the 4th of July I took you on a tour of the lower trails in the Norman Bird Sanctuary (see the article here). This time we're back and we're going to climb (and that's literal . . . more
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July 17, 2007 08:54 PM EDT --
The Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge was developed on the site of an old Navy shooting range and communications center. When I first wandered out there in the '70s it was still a wasteland of . . . more
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July 31, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
Today I went off the island (Newport is on an island in Narragansett Bay called Aquidneck Island) to go walk the East Bay Bike Path. This was built on an old abandoned local short rail railroad, and it . . . more
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June 09, 2007 06:42 PM EDT --
HI ALL:
I received this e-mail alert this morning. I was out and about in the heat yesterday and I drank plenty of water, but still ended up feeling a bit dizzy and sick. Just think......It . . . more
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July 04, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
The Norman Bird Sanctuary is in Middletown, RI, the next town over/up from us in Newport. The Sanctuary lies behind Second Beach, and up on the Ridge Trails in the Sanctuary you get some really gorgeous . . . more
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July 01, 2007 04:33 PM EDT --
Summer afternoon
The smell of coals and hot dogs
Cool, crisp lemonade
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June 22, 2008 06:37 PM EDT --
In the late afternoon on the summer solstice, Sophie decided to take a walk around her world. Sophie lives with Ophelia, her mother, her Uncle Othello and Tuck, their loyal canine companion . . . more
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August 15, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
Warm rain on my face
and I can feel the comfort
of summer ending
Hot, dark, sticky nights
with fans blowing to and fro
sheets bellow like sails
updated at 1 p.m. CST
The Farmers Market
with summer's . . . more
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August 02, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
Tonight, just after dark set in, my husband came in from the patio and wanted me to come out and see something. I was on the phone with a worker and kind of waved him off. After I hung up I came out . . . more
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June 20, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
Today is the Summer Solstice, aka Litha, aka Midsummer. I went down to my spiritual home and did the things I do every year on this day, including putting new water from Gooseneck Cove in the antique glass . . . more
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June 24, 2008 02:37 PM EDT --
I just ran across this info and thought I'd share it with those of you who might be interested. My days of sleeping on the ground are long over, but this sounds like fun. I'd love . . . more
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October 16, 2007 12:55 PM EDT --
The company I work for is famous for last minute work assignments. It is not uncommon to be called on Friday or Saturday and told you need to be all the way across the country for work on Sunday . . . more
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August 14, 2008 06:19 PM EDT --
I went down to Block Island yesterday. Block Island lies about 12 miles off the coast of the Rhode Island mainland, and is about 20 miles southwest of Newport; you can only get there by ferry (from Newport, . . . more
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June 29, 2007 01:50 AM EDT --
by Jen Donier @ July 22, 1990
Summer sunshine bright and warm
Golden sun rays follow the storm.
Bluest skies high above.
Summer romance and young love.
Summer breezes rippling . . . more
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May 20, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
While there is, no question, beauty in some man-made things, they pale in comparison to those of Mother Nature. A night time city skyline may sparkle like jewels on the horizon but . . . more
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