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Here I am surrounded by giant old oak trees, dripping with spanish moss, living with a joyful dog and a handsome cat, while it feels like the world is coming apart at the seams. It is not. The birds still sing. The frogs still croak and slap themselves onto the windows at…
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The sun is shining in a break in this long hollow log, giving life to any number of creatures and green living things. Fallen Oak, Wolfe Laurel, North Carolina. © Laine Quinn 2018
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Whichever way the wind blows, so blows the fog, and clings when the weather insists. Top of Bald Mountain, the Appalachian trail on the right, and a well trod trail it is. © Laine Quinn 2018
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On top of the mountain the frozen fog persists! Bald Mountain, at the Appalachian Trail, with a view of 5 different ranges and frozen fog clinging to the branches. © Laine Quinn 2018.
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I'd almost forgotten that daffodils were my Mom's favorite flower. She'd be 100 this year, if she had survived her difficult challenges – impending divorce, depression, alcoholism. Back in the 70's it was all behind closed doors. I'll never know her as a wise old woman, but as a woman, who loved…
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Well, for at least two weeks, I can account for my whereabouts! My first trip to Mexico! San Miguel de Allende- cobblestone streets, colorful houses and shops, lovely people, and steep steep streets, surrounded by mountains. A great vacation!
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Sturdy, solid, ready for anything. Mountains in North Carolina.
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Getting a closer look at a large piece of driftwood on the beach, reveals some of its secrets. Can you see the river and the mountains? And a Ram? The interior life of a tree… Anastasia Island State Park, St. Augustine, Florida.…
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These solid, sturdy, dependable mountains, remind me of the wild, rolling ocean, wave after wave after wave. Except they are very much more grounded than the airy, watery ocean waves. The view from Brasstown Bald Mountain in Georgia. Reprinted with added text, from Laine's Blog, March 2013.
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