Tag: summer
group name: naturegeek
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July 17, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
I've made a faux pas, a gaffe, a grave error! I've been a victim of my own horticultural hubris! I have (gasp) misidentified plants! No one accused me of this; I accuse myself.
Today during my . . . more
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May 26, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
Yesterday Lena came over with Julia and Sage in the late afternoon. Tuck was so excited when he saw the girls because he knew that meant an extra walk. He loves going walking with the girls.... . . . more
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July 12, 2007 10:56 PM EDT --
So, last week on the 4th of July I took you on a tour of the lower trails in the Norman Bird Sanctuary (see the article here). This time we're back and we're going to climb (and that's literal . . . more
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July 17, 2007 08:54 PM EDT --
The Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge was developed on the site of an old Navy shooting range and communications center. When I first wandered out there in the '70s it was still a wasteland of . . . more
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July 31, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
Today I went off the island (Newport is on an island in Narragansett Bay called Aquidneck Island) to go walk the East Bay Bike Path. This was built on an old abandoned local short rail railroad, and it . . . more
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July 04, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
The Norman Bird Sanctuary is in Middletown, RI, the next town over/up from us in Newport. The Sanctuary lies behind Second Beach, and up on the Ridge Trails in the Sanctuary you get some really gorgeous . . . more
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June 10, 2008 01:37 PM EDT --
We've had a lot of rain in the past week or so, so right now my flower beds are looking very lush. I don't think they'll look this good once the heat of summer beats down on them, especially . . . more
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June 22, 2008 06:37 PM EDT --
In the late afternoon on the summer solstice, Sophie decided to take a walk around her world. Sophie lives with Ophelia, her mother, her Uncle Othello and Tuck, their loyal canine companion . . . more
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March 28, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
I am not feeling well today, battling a sinus and ear infection. I have an appointment with my ENT Specialist Wednesday afternoon to have another tube put in my ear! I have had fever all night . . . more
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June 10, 2008 03:06 PM EDT --
Yesterday was the beginning of summer reading - an event that we look forward to as a family. This year's theme is "Catch The Reading Bug" which is great because Gideon LOVES bugs and because . . . more
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August 02, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
Tonight, just after dark set in, my husband came in from the patio and wanted me to come out and see something. I was on the phone with a worker and kind of waved him off. After I hung up I came out . . . more
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June 20, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
Today is the Summer Solstice, aka Litha, aka Midsummer. I went down to my spiritual home and did the things I do every year on this day, including putting new water from Gooseneck Cove in the antique glass . . . more
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August 14, 2008 06:19 PM EDT --
I went down to Block Island yesterday. Block Island lies about 12 miles off the coast of the Rhode Island mainland, and is about 20 miles southwest of Newport; you can only get there by ferry (from Newport, . . . more
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July 10, 2008 09:01 PM EDT --
Hello friends! Everyone loves spring because of the blooming flowers and the bright colors all around. Well, it is now summer, but it is just as colorful and beautiful as ever! So join me as I take . . . more
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June 29, 2007 01:50 AM EDT --
by Jen Donier @ July 22, 1990
Summer sunshine bright and warm
Golden sun rays follow the storm.
Bluest skies high above.
Summer romance and young love.
Summer breezes rippling . . . more
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June 11, 2008 04:25 AM EDT --
Well, remember that egg we had on the milkweed at the library? Well once we got into the car it was gone... and we worried that it fell off. How terrible would that have been?
We had seen something . . . more
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July 11, 2008 07:15 PM EDT --
I went walking down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove today. Our extreme humidity dried up some (well, as dry as it can get when you're surrounded by ocean and a bay), so hiking yesterday and today . . . more
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July 26, 2008 05:37 PM EDT --
(Note: I am not sharing a post; I'm publishing an article, specifically a photo essay. Gather, will you PLEASE go back to using adult terminology?)
It's a nice sunny Saturday in Newport, . . . more
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July 06, 2008 08:13 PM EDT --
I went on my usual Sunday hike down in Ballard Park and around Gooseneck Cove today. The meadow on the floor of the old quarry in Ballard Park is really alive right now - wildflowers and bugs of all kinds . . . more
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August 03, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
So I went off on a moderate walk today and ended up in one of my favorite meadows, some vacant land on Spouting Rock Rd. This road is a loop, and it was intended that a high end, mini-mansion development . . . more
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