Category: Nature
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A Few Pictures
These are a few pictures from the last few weeks. This is one of the most stunning sunsets I’ve seen. There was a thick layer of clouds, and the undersides were lit a bright, glowing pink. Unfortunately, as I was on my way home from work, all I had was my phone camera, which doesn’t…
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City Wanderer
A lone man wanders through the streets From horns and lights his mind retreats His thoughts are with the flowing streams That each night occupy his dreams The busy people looking down Fingers typing, a slight frown The smiling man might have no home His spirit, though, is free to roam
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Winter Weather
You start your car 20 minutes before you have to leave for work, otherwise the day would be off to an even more miserable start, your breath fogging up the windshield while you duck and try to see the hazy road through the small clearing in the frost, directly above the flow of air that…
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Jessie Gerard Trail, Barkhamsted, CT
If I didn’t take another day off of work before the end of the year, I would have lost it, so I took today off. After breakfast I grabbed Buddy (Rigs was at the vet) and made the 45 minute drive out to Barkhamsted, which has one of my favorite hikes in the state, the…
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Hiking with Dogs
I spent part of my Thanksgiving going on a hike with Buddy & Rigs. As soon as I grab the leashes, or say the word “hike”, they know it’s on. Usually I’ll tell them 30 minutes or more in advance of our departure so I can selfishly enjoy their uncontained excitement as they prance around,…
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The Life of a Snowflake
It formed from ice crystals joined together high in the frosty atmosphere, until it became heavy enough to leave the cloud which was its home, drifting slowly, unhurriedly, toward the city below. The city folk were rushing between places, cursing under their breaths about the cold and the slush and the wetness. Perched on the…