Month: September 2013

Image #98 – Rainbow in the orchard

Image #98

That’s my cat, Rainbow, sitting in the apple orchard on Fawn Hill. Rainbow loves it here. She follows me around in the yard and will sit or lie down and watch me work. At times she will strike out on her own and explore the surrounds.  After a rocky start she and Tango seem to have bonded. She looks to him for clues and will quickly return to the house if he adopts a defensive pose at something or someone he doesn’t know. They will touch noses and she rubs against him in that way cats have.  At my last residence, because of condominium rules, I had to keep Rainbow inside.  She and I are in agreement, this is better. ☙

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#97 – A Parasol for a Warm Day

Image #97

Still in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest — land of giant, ancient trees that pre-date the very existence of this wonderful land we call home. Tucked under a crevice, near some ivy and not far from a bubbling brook the delicate and exquisite parasol mushroom presents itself…for a day, a week?  The blink of an eye when you stop and look at the trees around you. But does that diminish its beauty?  Not at all.  As a wise person once observed, “It’s not how much time you have but what you do with it.” ☙

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Image #96 – Old Friends

Image #96

Ancient trees at the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest have intertwined over the years, even capturing a boulder in their embrace.☙

Note: You can always double-click on the image to see a full-sized version.

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Image #95 – “If a tree falls in a forest …. “

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is present to hear it, does it make a sound?”  — or something like that.  It is a phrase I first recall hearing when I was in college. Some kind of existential, metaphysical stuff.  Forgive me, I’m not good with this. Of course it makes a sound! How endeared we humans are with the concept that our own existence makes the sound…our experiencing the moment makes it be.  Pish posh.

When the tree that was once attached to this stump fell in the forest that is now the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest it made a sound. I am very sure of that.☙

Image #95

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