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Category: Environmental
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The rays of the sun make their way through the woods like a painter's dappled stroke. You might expect a faery sprite to pop out from behind one of the trees. Of course you might faint if one actually did, but it'd be worth it! Trees found in the mountains of Georgia.
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Standing on a Cape Cod beach one day, I watched as a wave climbed a short ridge to settle on the sand and then disappear. It lasted only a moment and then another wave would come along and do the same thing. Sitting in a noisy restaurant with some friends the other…
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The Azaleas are starting to bloom in St. Augustine. Robins are coming through too, you can hear them. Spring comes early in the south. This year, you might say that winter is late, or a no-show, except for those few days when it was below freezing. I'm not complaining. In fact if…
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Wind. You can't see it or touch it, but you can't deny the fact of it either. What if we didn't have a word for wind, hadn't named it? How would we explain spanish moss dancing on the limbs of giant trees, or snow going sideways, or grains of sand just up and…
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"I'm feeling all fuzzy inside." "Maybe because we're out of focus." "Oh, don't pick on the photographer." The pond was designed and installed by Bill Garren of Green Acres, LLC in Virginia and is in focus.
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"Are they coming?" "Yes, I see them now." "You look good." "You're a sight for sore eyes too!" "It's funny, you and me. I never imagined that I'd fall in love with…well, you!" "Yeah, it is funny. You're not changing your mind are you?" "No, even if I could, I couldn't change my…
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The largest Church in Iceland provides a spectacular view of Reykjavik. Leif Erikson stands in front and can once again boast that he was there first. Takk fyrir, Iseland! Thanks also to Brooks Walker, world renowned photographer, for a wonderful private tour of Iceland, peppered with interesting Historical and political anecdotes.…
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Watching a lizard that appeared to be frozen in time and space, I realized it was shedding its skin and was unable to move one way or the other. Sometimes we are caught in time and space like that, wrestling with big changes and challenges. It might seem that it would be easier…
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While going through my photos of Iceland, I got chilly! (Nothing that a cup of hot chocolate couldn't cure!) This huge waterfall, Gulfoss, was so noisy and so beautiful. There was ice on the rocks all around it from the far reaching spray. It's one of those…
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