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waterlily: May 2015

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Sunday, May 31, 2015. May 30, 2015. Moreau Lake State Park. After a too-long absence, my blog has come to life again,. Much like the butterflies we saw on our walk yesterday. It was one of many walks this year with my dear friend Jackie,. Who kept asking, "WHEN are you going to post another blog? It was she who, years ago, encouraged me to create this blog. Her own blog is the fantastic Saratoga Woods and Waterways. We are blessed to be able to see such beauty flitting around us. Only on condition that t...

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waterlily: January 2014

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Sunday, January 26, 2014. The Beach, Again. January 26, 2014. About Rockport, Massachusetts]. Still held on without a break. The inland barrens and shrubbery,. The desert and the high sand-bank with its even slope,. The broad white beach,. The green water on the bar,. And the Atlantic Ocean;. And we traversed with delight new reaches of the shore …. HDT, The Beach Again. One more batch of memories of my beach vacation …. This year, instead of museums, or schooner-rides, or shopping. And the mind spin free.

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waterlily: February 2014

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014. February 11, 2014. Ice Meadows of the Hudson River,. While at Snake Rock - I begin remembering a hot summer’s day in this very place. And remembering a friend who is no longer with us. I did not know him as well as the others in the Thursday Naturalists - who have walked with him for many a verdant mile –- but will miss him none the less. On that day, we all spent the morning on this side of the river,. Happily clambering over rocks. And enjoying the sights both near and far.

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waterlily: February 2015

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015. January 17, 2015. Ice Meadows on the Hudson River. Part Three – The River. Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation. HDT Walden, The Pond in Winter. It was one of those perfect winter mornings. Two weeks had passed, and I was finally feeling like venturing outdoors again. Jackie suggested a drive up to the Hudson River Ice Meadows, where we could observe yet another form of ice, making short forays from the warmth of the car. That suited me fine! It forms large rafts.

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waterlily: March 2015

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Sunday, March 15, 2015. Hudson Falls, NY. The landscape covered with snow,. Seen by moonlight from these Cliffs,. Encased in snowy armor two feet thick, …. Who can believe that this is the habitable globe? February 3, 1852. To be truthful, we have not had the heavy snows that have befallen the state of Massachusetts this year, so I really can’t complain. What snow we have gotten has been fluffy, and in manageable amounts. HowEVER, in my neck of the woods, February has been the second coldest on record.

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waterlily: Thoreau’s Birthday

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Monday, July 13, 2015. July 12, 2015. South Glens Falls NY. I go to observe the lilies. …. The pontederia is in its prime,. Alive with butterflies,. I see its tall blue spike reflected. Beneath the edges of the pads on each side,. Pointing down to a heaven beneath. As well as above. July 17, 1854. I wake to a clear sky on this warm summer morning. My boat is already loaded on the car for a trip to the river. On this Sunday, having the entire day at my disposal,. I could go any. There are birthday candles.

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waterlily: Springs of Life

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Sunday, March 1, 2015. January 25, 2015. Saratoga Spa State Park. If you would get exercise. Go in search of the springs of life. Think of a man’s swinging dumb-bells for his health,. When those springs are bubbling up. In far off pastures unsought by him. One morning in January, while deep in the clutches of that nasty cold virus, I awoke suddenly from a vivid dream as I heard a single word spoken: “ Orenda. According to one online source,. Dreams expressed the desires of the most inner realm of the soul.

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waterlily: April 2014

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Sunday, April 13, 2014. April 13, 2014. Hudson Falls, NY. It’s hard to believe that so many days have passed since my last post. There are no good reasons for my silence, only excuses. To those of you reading now, thank you for coming back after all this time. Looking back at the year before, the same thing happened. What IS it about March? This year, the late snows came in abundance,. And my friends and I could get out our snowshoes at last. We played in the fresh fluffy snow,. Or so we thought. I have ...

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waterlily: July 2014

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Hunters of the Beautiful. June 21, 2014 - Summer Solstice. Orra Phelps Preserve, Wilton, NY. And Moreau Lake State Park, NY. To begin this summer, Jackie and I planned one more full day of walking. It was a Saturday, the Longest Day of the Year, and I had all day to ramble! In the afternoon we would visit Moreau Lake. For the morning, we both signed up for a walk led by Linda Eastman, a nature photographer from Broadalbin, New York. The walk took place in. And that of my townsmen;.

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waterlily: September 2014

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014. September 11, 2014. Water’s Edge, Hudson Falls NY. Back in June, we watched several snapping turtles emerge from the canal. And dig nests in our backyard, here at Water’s Edge. There was construction going on at the time, but they kept appearing in the morning, digging here and there, ignoring the clamor around them,. Seemingly oblivious to the risks they took with themselves and their offspring. It was built in the 1820s.). I know where to look for them there.). They were ...