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Category: Environmental
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Even here at sea level, we have Big Sky! (There's a crescent moon hiding in these clouds somewhere, but I can't find it!)
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The funniest gull sauntered up to me yesterday as I was sitting quietly alone on the beach. It was as if he wanted to tell me something. I am still trying to figure out what that was! He stayed for a good while, even tried to nibble my toes. Then he flew gracefully…
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You've heard of armchair gardeners? I am an armchair winter person. I love snow! Photograph shot from the old Dusty Miller Inn, looking down Bradford Street, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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This solid chair, situated in a garden beneath a huge live oak tree is made up of trillions of bouncing molecules, just like you and me. Sometimes we feel as grounded as a boulder. Other times scattered as the northern lights. Most days fall somewhere in between. Having unshakable faith that life…
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In some Florida yards, nature provides her own idea of ornaments. And…they're edible!
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Pink Flamingos Spotted in Virginia! They look as though they are about to land. They are probably looking for some goose down. If you see them, try to keep them calm and warm until help arrives.
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Although the WInter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, it is a celebration of light. It's the birthday of the sun. Our red star turns his warm face back to earth once again and like the ancients, we are assured that there will be another spring and another harvest and…
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Rainy days at the beach – they're challenging for the shop owners in this tourist town, but what can you do? Complain? As kids we would complain, then play cards and laugh and complain some more. Now we might walk in between the raindrops, enjoying the wind and the wild sea, or…
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The rising moon, almost full. Anyone for a moon dance? There's time enough for worry and care and grief, they'll wait. Let's Dance!