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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Snowy
The setting sun illuminates a snowy landscape a day after the latest storm dumped a foot of sticky, wet snow on much of the Northeast. Two days later, because it is still below freezing, many trees still look like this. … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, My Photos
Tagged autumn, frigid temperatures, Mark Twain, photography, snow, snowstorm, snowy roads, trees, winter, winter landscape
47 Comments
Holiday Surprise
This is what we woke up to this morning. A foot of heavy, sticky snow fell yesterday through last night, downing branches and trees. We lost power twice, about ten hours total. Fortunately, we have a back up generator, so … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, My Photos
Tagged holiday, photography, snow, snowstorm, storm, thanksgiving storm
43 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational Quotes, My Photos
Tagged acceptance, blessings, gratitude, inspiration, peace, photography, Thanksgiving
28 Comments
Last Hurrah
Oakleaf Hydrangea (H. quercifolia) puts on a show in reddish-orange and burgundy beyond a screen of dried wildflowers – goldenrod, aster and heliopsis – gone to seed at the edge of the field.
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged asters, autumn foliage, fall foliage, goldenrod, heliopsis, last hurrah, oakleaf hydrangea, photography, weeds, wildflowers
34 Comments
First Snow
We received our first snow of the season overnight, dusting autumn with a sugar coating of winter. Melted where touched by the sun, the snow lingers in the shadows, portending winter, a little more than a month away.
Posted in My Photos
Tagged autumn, autumn foliage, first snowfall, photography, shadow, snow, sun, winter
50 Comments
Confetti
Beneath the Japanese maple, fallen leaves lay in a confetti carpet on the grass.
Posted in Country Gardening, My Photos
Tagged autumn leaves, confetti, fall, fall foliage, grass, Japanese maple
39 Comments
Nature’s Gifts
Nature’s gifts often overwhelm me.
Posted in Country Living, Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged Acer palmatum, autumn, autumn foliage, autumn leaves, dusk, fall color, gifts, Japanese maple, nature, nature photography, photography, sky, sunset
40 Comments
Walk Details
Here are a few details I wasn’t able to include in my last post, but were still worthy of another post of their own. This brave, intrepid little bumblebee was so cold, she was moving in slow motion. I had to … Continue reading
Posted in Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged autumn, birch, Bullitt Reservation, bumblebee, fall foliage, ferns, hay-scented fern, Lady fern, lichen, maple trees, moss, photography, turkey tail fungi, woodlands
33 Comments
Grow from the inside out.
Originally posted on life love happiness:
I love this quote – thoughtful and so true. life love happiness View original post
Posted in Inspirational Quotes
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Eliza Waters 