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Category: Nature
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The Black-eyed-Susan vine is one of the most cheerful hanging plants around… until it droops. Then there is a desperate attempt to bring it back to life and its former glory. It's reminiscent of some relationships. It looks so good in the plant store that it is irresistible – year after year!…
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If the obstacle in our path is a drawbridge, a radio transmission is all that is needed to clear the way. Other barriers demand more of us. Sometimes it is merely a sitting still long enough for a genuine faith in our own talents and goodness to arise. Then doors open,…
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Change is in the air… A big storm – thunder and wind and rain – the air clears, the fires are out and the smoke disappears. Everything changes. Photo shot through an airplane window!
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The green of summer in her coat's full array shading and protecting The calm of morning Before the clock begins to dictate the day Such a sweet pleasure Bird songs welcome from distant branches My love and I find sensitivities emerging As we delight in…
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It didn't occur to me to imagine what the earth looked like during the eclipse the other day. Shot from the International Space Station, this photograph was my favorite in the APOD's (Astronomy Picture of the Day) gallery of Eclipse photos. A really different perspective! "Eclipse…
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Good morning, Glory! Wild Morning Glory climbing on my deck!
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Standing on a ridge on an isolated stretch of beach on Cape Cod, my shadow is cast on the retreating waves of the Atlantic Ocean. I call this photo The Dragon, following the mythic thinking that the only dragons that need slaying in our lives are our very own shadows. Have I finished…
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A fullish moon through the trees. Yesterday, the new moon eclipsed the sun, late in the day. It happens. Rarely! In all of the sky, our little satellite comes clean across our star. The three of us, the earth, moon and sun are perfectly aligned. Pretty cool! …
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The rain clouds were flirting with us all day yesterday. Little rumblings of thunder, some lightning, and a gentle shower here and there. We don't mind. Every little bit helps. Even if the rain is coy, it is very welcome and lovely. St. Augustine Beach, just before the rain.
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The earth is blowing off steam. Did she ever imagine that one of the species that she spawned would be self-destructive? Every 8 minutes, like a mother trying to control her frustration over her children, the valve opens and steam escapes. "Will these children ever stop fighting?" Pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht… (Meanwhile the…
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