What's Your Nature?
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Santinoni Bike
Great bike and night of camping while enjoying the beautiful fall foliage.
Santinoni Sunset
Great sunset, Santinoni is surely a gem in the Adirondacks.
Dead Creek Primitive Area
paddled Dead Creek Primitive Area last weekend. There were 2 bald eagles, 2 Great Blue Herons, a muskrat and multiple tracks from otter, beaver, deer, mink and some I could not identify. I highly reccomend this paddle. In 5 hours I did not see 1 person.
Bold little mink swimming
Bold little mink was ignoring us and going about its business.
First Frost
9-19-14 - “First Frost” - There is no looking back now....Mother Nature stepped up her game...her pace...yesterday morning...when she invited back one of her cronies...the well known artist and purveyor of “worse things to come”....Jack......Jack Frost. He doesn’t seem so bad now....still a bit of a thorn...”Do I need to cover my tomato plants and hanging baskets?”.....all seems worth it under the blue skies of autumn as Jack uses the hillsides as his canvas...his palette loaded with reds, oranges, yellows...his brush creating a masterpiece with every stroke...such breathtaking beauty.
Massawepie Canoe
A beautiful summer day on Massawepie before going for a paddle.
The Harvest Moon
9-8-14 - “The Harvest Moon” - I’ve got Neil playing in my head.....just dancing on the dock....pup in my arms...she must think I'm crazy.
Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
The Gift of Today
The steamy mist sits quietly upon my dreams... waiting...
Somehow it knows I am not ready...
I need more...time
Time to breathe in its life...
Slowly...then, as if not to interrupt my thoughts...
It lifts the blanket of support to unveil the subtle light of day...
And the excitement pulses through my body...like the steady beating of a soft drum...
Pushing me to enjoy this gift...
Another chance! A new beginning!
Today.