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Watching Clouds
I dare you to pick a spot on the pavement, twist and wiggle your back until you feel those vertebrate pop and relax, let the cool seep in through your shirt, and just watch the clouds. Today, as we waiting for some friends to come play, the boys took their bikes down the the street while I, adorned in a…
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Juvenile Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Once I have a curiosity about something, I quickly let it cross over to passion. It happened with art, guitar, writing, pottery, gardening, and now – for the past year or two – photographing birds. I don’t “put a bird on it” as they do in Portlandia, and I’m not a good photographer as I’ve received no training and only…
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Turtle Hole Eno River
We spend far too many Saturdays around here without a plan. The morning fades into noon and the day goes by without our really sucking the marrow out of it. We sometimes lament that we can’t afford fancy travel or fun toys like motor boats and waltz back to life on Monday with ridiculous sunglasses and sandal tans and windblown…
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Watching Hummingbirds
We may think it is the fancy toys, exciting play dates, overpriced kids museums that our kids are craving, but really, I think what our kids truly long for is just a moment with us. Tonight Scooby and I sat out the in the garden in the twilight watching the humming birds zip in and around the feeder and hover…
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Nature Pictures
I love the way God demonstrates his creativity in the smallest of creatures, even if some of them are decidedly creepy. My husband asked me why I keep taking pictures of bugs, and I had no response other than I saw them or that they were right by my face. Speaking of having nature in my face, I was walking…
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