Tag: nature
group name: slicesoflife
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May 12, 2009 12:55 PM EDT --
I recently posted about my first Desert Tortoise, Doris. You can view that story here . (If I got that linking thing right) A year or so after Doris became part of my family, I was asked . . .
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March 15, 2007 06:10 PM EDT --
I love to walk. My little neighborhood is on the East Side of town. We're in an older section where houses still maintain their character. We chose this area because we wanted to . . .
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April 15, 2009 03:04 PM EDT --
My cousin Don lives in San Antonio. He just loves to fish, especially at Padre Island National Seashore. He had a great trip last month, catching the limit every day for 4 days. He sent me . . .
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May 02, 2009 03:01 PM EDT --
I acquired my first Desert Tortoise, Doris, when my younger brother Rick passed away in 2004. Naturally Doris means a lot to me because there is a living connection between Doris, Rick and me. My brother . . .
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May 05, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
Yesterday we went hiking at Parfrey's Glen and explored at Baxter's Hollow a bit. It was a nice day and pretty cool out. Perfect weather. Got lots of photos to share too. That's all GOOD stuff, . . .
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July 31, 2007 04:48 AM EDT --
The Color of Beauty
By Jen Donier, written Nov. 20, 2004
Woven in Symphotic music, Painting the air
In artistic crescendo of sunsets melting
into oceanic waves
Weaving a tapestry of autumn color . . .
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June 17, 2006 11:15 AM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
life is crazy.
my parents have a hobby farm. there is so much to do there that you could work all the time and never rest and still never be done. . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
rarely do we play on the road-side of our house. we're always by the lake. of course! who wouldn't choose to be by water? still, lillie wants to ride her bike on the road sometimes. her bike is . . .
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September 21, 2006 12:39 AM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
to ben and betty, on your fabulous-to-be wedding!! here are a few words of wisdom and pictures (hey, you know me) to celebrate with...
thanks to peg s, for . . .
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September 01, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
the end of summer seems to be upon us quickly this year. last year, we were swimming until october. this year, we've not been swimming for a few weeks. the water is really cold!
it's been so windy . . .
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April 29, 2007 09:56 AM EDT --
Have a wonderful view.
My favorite room in my home is actually what was the back porch. What was once a lowly deck is now a glass room with skylights.
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June 10, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
I was prompted to write this article after an emergency room doctor in our town was killed by a black bear while vacationing with her husband in northern Ontario last summer. They were celebrating their . . .
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May 26, 2006 08:51 PM EDT --
When European settlers came to Saskatchewan there were millions of buffalo roaming the Canadian Prairies. By the 1800s, they were in danger of becoming extinct. They were overhunted, many times . . .
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August 07, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
dancing waves, glittering in the sun
frothing, bubbling, reaching
frolicking with wet sand and dry
ceaselessly encroaching, leaving mark after mark
erasing footprints, creating waveprints
incandescent . . .
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May 04, 2006 11:52 PM EDT --
My husband usually takes our Alaskan Malamute, Meeko, for his nightly "before bed" walk. Because he's under the weather today, Meeko and I headed out about 10:30. As I walked to the corner, . . .
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June 11, 2006 01:21 AM EDT --
This morning I saw a homemade sign that read: "Perennials for sale"
I drive the few blocks and see a cute blue cottage on a hill. The sign points to the back and I drive . . .
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October 14, 2006 08:29 AM EDT --
Hubby and I have been doing Wildlife Rescue for decades. We rescue opposum., raccoons, squirrels,skunks, birds. We've done Exotic Bird Adoption as well. I'm licensed by my state.
We have . . .
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August 21, 2006 09:39 PM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
lately when we've been kayaking at sunset, we see the most gorgeous patterns in the end-of-summer lilypads. they have holes and tears in them. yet each . . .
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February 09, 2006 11:43 AM EST --
what is the essence of timelessness?
is it something that calls to us, repeatedly through the ages?
is it a restful thing, something to soothe the soul?
can it be personal, or is it always something . . .
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April 28, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
I slowly creep from between warm sheets
And pull my boots upon small feet,
I think again of my warm bed,
Put on my coat, place hat on head.
I step into the frosty night,
My heart is thumping . . .
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