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2021 11-17, 5136 - SPEECHLESS – Coming back from a few days at the ocean, we were anxious to check on the logging operation on part of our land. As we walked up to the cabin and orchard, my wife noticed the mountains beyond. I was speechless at our new incredible view, not only of the mountains, but of life.
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Speechless
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Hungry Sandpipers
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2021 11-16, 5135 - HUNGRY SANDPIPERS – A flock of small sand pipers were searching for food along the water’s edge of the ocean and they seemed undeterred by our presence. I thought of people and their quest to find their soul’s purpose with the nourishment and love of the Cosmos.
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2021 11-15, 5134 - A VISIT WITH MY PAST – Recently on a trip to Cape Cod we visited the Thornton Burgess Museum in Sandwich, Mass. It had been a goal of mine for a long time. When I was very young, I used impatiently wait for the daily paper to arrive in the mail. In it was a story about the animals in Nature.
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A Visit With My Past
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Ready for a Long Winter's Nap
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2021 11-14, 5133 - READY FOR A LONG WINTER’S NAP – The photo of the bear captured by the game camera showed it was getting ready for a long winter’s nap. It had bulked up, putting on as much weight as possible. I think it is easy for people to bulk up this time of year, but I prefer a long winter of waking creativity.
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2021 11-13, 5132 - OPENING UP THE VIEW – With the recent logging operation on the back and top side of the Mountain we are discovering both old views we used to have and new views we have not seen before. At the same time we are also discovering inner views that give us new perspectives.
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Opening Up the View
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An Oak Leaf with a Heart
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2021 11-12, 5131 - AN OAK LEAF WITH A HEART – A visitor walking the labyrinth recently found an oak leak with a heart sign on it, and, knowing I liked hearts, sent me a picture of it. To me, it is another indication that our intentions are in tune with the land. My heart was warmed.
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2021 11-11, 5130 - THOREAU LIVES ON IN THE MAINE WOODS – Dean Bennett, a Maine treasure, has just authored a new book, “Thoreau’s Maine Woods-A legacy for Conservation”. It is a work that connects the past with today with a purpose of carrying on this legacy into the future.
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Thoreau Lives on in the Maine Woods
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A Glowing Way to Start the Day
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2021 11-10, 5129 - A GLOWING WAY TO START THE DAY – Now that we have our view of the mountains back for the winter we are often greeted with a pink alpine glow as the sun rises in the morning. It is a great way to start the day, and it creates a glow in our hearts that sends out love and gratitude.
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2021 11-09, 5128 - A MEETING OF THE DEER – The game camera recently captured a photo of three deer having a meeting. I wonder what they were saying to each other and how they were saying it. I wonder how all animals communicate, including humans. I wonder how many humans know how to communicate.
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A Meeting of the Deer
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Night Owl
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2021 11-08, 5127 - NIGHT OWL – Another game camera capture of, what I think is, a barred owl, perched on a wooden device I use to cut up firewood for the end heater in the Cabin. The owls had a hard winter a year ago, and it is great to have them coming back again. Nature is often very resilient.
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2021 11-07, 5126 - TAKING TIME TO WATCH A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET – Now that I can see the sunsets again from our windows, I set an intention to pause and observe the beauty that unfolds in front of me. It is easy to wrap one’s mind in the stresses of the world and forget this wonderful gift Nature has given me.
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Taking Time to Watch a Beautiful Sunset
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A Step Back in Time
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2021 11-06, 5125 - A STEP BACK IN TIME – When we drive up to the Orchard during the logging, it is like a step back in time, and I can imagine what it might have looked like a couple of hundred years ago. It gives us the opportunity to help carry on into the future what the settlers accomplished.
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2021 11-05, 5124 - A MONSTER IN THE WOODS – We are currently having a timber harvest in the woods, mainly on the back side of the mountain and away from the ski trails. It is a working forest that encourages new tree growth as well as habitat for wild animals and a place for people to connect with Nature.
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A Monster in the Woods
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Fused Together
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2021 11-04, 5123 - FUSED TOGETHER – I am fascinated by rocks and boulders that seem to have been fused together with different elements in Nature to create intricate designs that people love to collect and photograph. It feels like people have been fused together through the pandemic, often with conflictive views. The reality of life.
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2021 11-03, 5122 - LOOKING THROUGH A PORTHOLE – Every once in a while I find a porthole in Nature, usually a spot where a tree has grown with twisted branches that looks like a small opening. Actually one’s mind can really soar through a porthole to adventures beyond.
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Looking Through a Porthole
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Covered
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2021 11-02, 5121 - COVERED – The remainder of the old dead tree was covered with mushroom-like growths. It looked ugly and at the same time beautiful. I thought of people that may have some type of a deformity that might turn others off until they look under the surface where the beauty lies.
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2021 11-01, 5120 - SOCIALLY DISTANCED TURKEYS – I chuckled when I saw the game camera’s picture of turkeys walking in a straight line socially distanced. I am aware that over the past year and a half people have been socially distancing for safety and the turkeys provided a great way to see humor in something so serious.
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Socially Distanced Turkeys
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Boo
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2021 10-31, 5119 – BOO - It is Halloween and the spirits are free to pass in and out of the earth’s plane through the opening into the earth across the valley. I believe ancient shamans held a special ceremony on this night where they travelled into dimensions most of us only think about. Is it real?
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2021 10-30, 5118 - JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE SEEN IT ALL – The woods are full of surprises, especially around Halloween when spirits roam the land. My son recently captured an image that is nothing like we have seen before. Just when you think you have seen it all there is always something new that shows up.
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Just When You Think You Have Seen It All
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There Is Magic In A Puffball
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2021 10-29, 5117 - THERE IS MAGIC IN A PUFF BALL – As a child I used to love to find a puff ball growing in the grass and stomp on it to release the magic “smoke” inside. As it floated for a moment in the air, my mind would soar to places in a distant world. I still do it.
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2021 10-28, 5116 - AFTERGLOW – Now that the leaves have mostly dropped to the ground, all we have is the afterglow of the memories we can replay in our minds until next fall. Nature provides a way of escaping, whether in person or in our minds when needed.
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Afterglow
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A Visit from a Big Boy
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2021 10-27, 5115 - A VISIT FROM A BIG BOY – We recently checked one of our game cameras and discovered several unexpected visitors on the drive to the orchard, including a big male moose. The moose have had a hard time lately with ticks that suck out their life blood. Nice to know there are survivors.
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2021 10-26, 5114 - THE GIFT OF A LATE AFTERNOON WALK – After playing two music gigs in less than 24 hours and after eating a late lunch, we decided a breath of fresh air was in order. A short drive and short walk brought us to the Lupine Field and an incredible fall view. It was a gift.
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The Gift of a Late Afternoon Walk
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Suddenly We Have a View
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2021 10-24, 5112 - SUDDENLY WE HAVE A VIEW – A glimmer of sunlight caught my eye and I was drawn to the window where for the first time in about six months we suddenly had a view. The leaves that had provided shade all summer were now dropping. We have the same opportunity in life to discover old views we may have forgotten.
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2021 10-23, 5111 - FADING BEAUTY – I’m not sure if it is the freedom I’m experiencing as I discover life again after the confinement of the pandemic, but this has been one of the most enjoyable falls I have experienced in years. It may be that the habit of intending gratitude every day is working.
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Fading Beauty
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Snow Is In the Air
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2021 10-22, 5110 - SNOW IS IN THE AIR – I could see the snow flurries drifting across the mountains in the west. Even though they did not reach us that time, the signs are pointing us toward winter. It is time to finish up the fall chores as we enjoy the warmer than usual weather. I wonder how many are not paying attention.
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2021 10-21, 5109 - QUIET SPOTS – I have several quiet spots in Nature away from the hustle and bustle of life. They are places where I can quiet my mind and connect with the positive energy of the Cosmos. Sometimes these quiet spots are filled with the sounds of Nature that enhance the energy flow.
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Quiet Spots
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Nature Installs a New Carpet
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2021 10-20, 5108 - NATURE INSTALLS A NEW CARPET – Nature is currently very busy installing a new fall carpet of leaves that are coating the ground. It is fun to walk on, and as the season progresses and the winter snows arrive, the leaves will begin to blend with the carpets of old, creating new top soil. It is the Nature of life.
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2021 10-19, 5107 - FRONT ROW SEAT – I have had a very special front row seat this fall for Nature’s spectacular festival of color. Now in its third act, it still provides a beautiful backdrop to the changes of the season. Actually, we all have a front row seat to life all year round. There is no charge to attend.
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Front Row Seat
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Ghost Turkeys
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2021 10-18, 5106 - GHOST TURKEYS – As we approached the orchard on foot, we saw movement coming from some turkeys moving about. The light was right to make them appear as ghosts, and I thought of the times animals may have been close to us but we never saw them. There are many ghosts existing around us.
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2021 10-17, 5105 - THE SPIRIT IN THE MILKWEED POD – Just before the wind sent the seeds from a milkweed pod on a journey I saw a face looking back at me. I caught it with my camera, knowing that what was real to me at that moment might not be real to others. There are people that can see the spirit leave after a person passes.
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The Spirit in the Milkweed Pod
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I Am Enjoying This Fall
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2021 10-16, 5104 - I AM ENJOYING THIS FALL – Perhaps it is the long stretch of warm weather that has prolonged the color of fall, or perhaps there has been a shift in the energy as we rediscover life again, but I am enjoying this fall. Then again, it is my intention to find something to enjoy in life every day of the year.
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2021 10-15, 5103 - BLACK HOLLY – We have had a holly bush growing for years in a garden at the Center and it was supposed to be both male and female so that it would bare berries, beautiful red ones I thought. Recently I found it had berries this year, but they are black. It is unique, like people often are.
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Black Holly
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The View from Above
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2021 10-14, 5102 - THE VIEW FROM ABOVE – I love to stand on top of the mountain and view the world around me from above. It gives me the opportunity to see life from a distance, arranging things in my mind into a different perspective. Wherever we are, going inside ourselves helps give us the view from above.
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2021 10-13, 5101 - FERNS AND BIRCHES – I am always looking for combinations of different elements in Nature that create interesting scenes to capture with a camera. People from different walks of life can come together to create positive combinations that can make a difference in the world.
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Ferns and Birches
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The Hills Are Alive with Fall Colors
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2021 10-12, 5100 - THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH FALL COLORS – The beauty of fall is upon us and the hills are alive with splashes of beautiful colors. It is a time of year when people turn to Nature to find peace. The hills are always alive. It only takes one’s intention to discover the beauty all year long.
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2021 10-11, 5099 – NATURE UN-NOTICED – This time of year people are really tuned into Nature with its splashes of breath-taking color, and yet much of Nature goes unnoticed, often hidden in plain sight such as the tiny leaves at the base of a giant tree. People’s acts of kindness often go unnoticed, and yet they are still there.
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Nature Un-noticed
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Sleep Well
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2021 10-10, 5098 - SLEEP WELL – The Lupine Field and the Orchard have been cut and readied for a long winter sleep. It is time for the new seeds to begin to take root. We hibernate ideas in our minds that can reawaken any time of year as they prepare to spring to life when we are ready for them.
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2021 10-09, 5097 - READY TO GO TO WORK – I hooked up the field mower to the Cat and towed it up the Mountain to cut the Lupine Field and the Orchard. I thought of what it must have been like a couple of hundred years ago without modern machinery and realized we still have the pioneer spirit inside of us.
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Ready to Go to Work
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A Really Mixed Up Lupine
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2021 10-08, 5096 - A REALLY MIXED UP LUPINE – As I was cutting the Lupine Field, putting it to bed for the winter I discovered a couple of plants still in bloom four months after the normal time they flower. I thought of all the people that do not stop producing regardless of whatever their season of life they are experiencing.
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2021 10-07, 5095 - A FALL BLEND – It seems as if every fall our senses become alive with the sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feeling of autumn. Other times of year we are often tied up in distractions that prevent us from experiencing life around us. The fall senses are always with us if we remember to use them.
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A Fall Blend
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The Trail Is Still Green
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2021 10-06, 5094 - THE TRAIL IS STILL GREEN – Even though much of the landscape here in the mountains has begun to show color, the trail leading from the Lupine Field is still green. Just as the landscape changes at different rates, so does life, sometimes causing us to become disorientated when we think we know where we are.
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2021 10-05, 5093 - A RAY OF FLOWER POWER IN AUTUMN – As the colors in the Lupine Field diminish there are still rays of bright yellow produced by the silent power of the still blooming flowers. I think of the positive power people have when they set positive intentions and gratitude in their hearts.
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Flower Power in Autumn
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There Are Many Nature Stories
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2021 10-04, 5092 - THERE ARE MANY NATURE STORIES - Indian matchsticks on an old stump remind me of when I was young, watching my grandmother create a fall arrangement of moss, berries, old wood, and Indian matchsticks that would last into winter. Nature stories are in all of us.
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2021 10-03, 5091 - A MYSTERY ON THE HORIZON – The light was just right to illuminate the pyramid shaped mountain whose top could be seen on the horizon as I looked across the valley to the south. I paused to wonder if this odd mountain has more meaning than is currently known.
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A Mystery on the Horizon
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Still Flowering
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2021 10-02, 5090 - STILL FLOWERING – I caught a glimpse of color in the middle of the Lupine Field where most of the wild flowers have already gone to seed. I thought of all the older people in the world that are still creating beyond where many the same age have withdrawn from an active productive life.
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2021 10-01, 5089 - POSITIVE REMINDERS COME IN MANY SIZES – A friend recently sent me a photo of a tiny leaf they spotted on an asphalt driveway at a time when they needed a positive reminder that they were being watched over. I have found that the more I look for positive reminders, the more they appear.
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Positive Reminders Come In Many Sizes
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Changes Are In the Air
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2021 09-30, 5088 - CHANGES ARE IN THE AIR - The changes of autumn have been a little slow this year. Perhaps it’s the warmer weather or amount of rain we’ve had recently. For those that pay attention to the weather each day, we make note of small changes in the climate and in life in general.
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2021 09-29, 5087 - CLOUDY STRETCHES – It seems as if there have been a lot of cloudy stretches of weather this summer with a lot of rain and little sun. I am reminded of the cloudy stretches we experience in life from time to time where it is hard to find our soul’s path. The heart is always a good compass.
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Cloudy Stretches
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On the Prowl
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2021 09-28, 5086 - ON THE PROWL – One of our game cameras recently captured the image of a female bobcat that appears to be nursing, on the prowl for some nourishment. I think of all the people who are on the prowl for spiritual nourishment for their hearts, searching the landscape of life for meaning.
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2021 09-27, 5085 - TRANSPLANTING A TREE – Recently my wife decided she wanted to bring a small spruce tree down from the top of the mountain to place where she could admire it as it grew. I thought of all the things we have transplanted over the years, including ideas.
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Transplanting a Tree
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Seeing the Unseen
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2021 09-26, 5084 - SEEING THE UNSEEN – I often wonder about the unseen that exists around me. Is it real or just my imagination? When I look at photos I have taken, sometimes I see things I didn’t see when I took the photo. Then I wonder if these images have a meaning to me or someone else.
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2021 10-02, 5090 - STILL FLOWERING – I caught a glimpse of color in the middle of the Lupine Field where most of the wild flowers have already gone to seed. I thought of all the older people in the world that are still creating beyond where many the same age have withdrawn from an active productive life.
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Still Flowering
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Just About Time to Mow the Field
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2021 09-24, 5082 - JUST ABOUT TIME TO MOW THE FIELD – Now that fall has arrived, my thoughts turn to getting the field mower going and cutting the Lupine Field and Orchard, preparing it for new growth in the spring. This is also the time for preparing my mind for the new projects ahead.
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2021 09-23, 5081 - THE LAST RAYS OF SUMMER – We finished our picnic supper and watched the last rays of summer cast a warm light over a corner of the orchard. The world was still and peaceful, and I began to look forward to the beauty and activities of fall.
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The Last Rays of Summer
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An Interrupted Meal
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2021 09-22, 5080 – AN INTERRUPTED MEAL - I recently found a partially eaten acorn on an old stump at the edge of the clearing. I wondered what had interrupted this meal. I think of when the goals we had set seemed to be going nowhere, perhaps, because there was a better route to travel looking for spiritual nourishment.
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2021 09-21, 5079 - A NEW PLACE TO GROW – This summer I discovered a few flowers growing at the edge of the parking lot at the Center where we add fill. I didn’t put them there on purpose and decided to transplant them near the Cabin. People are looking for new places to grow the feelings in their heart.
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A New Place to Grow
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An Afternoon Watching the Lake
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2021 09-20, 5078 - AN AFTERNOON WATCHING THE LAKE – Recently we journeyed to Maine to spend an afternoon at our family’s Lake House. I watched the sunny calm day change as a storm approached over the water bringing a brief shower. It was another connection with Nature and the Cosmos beyond.
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2021 09-19, 5077 - OUT OF SEASON – I could hardly believe my eyes as I noticed some yellow flowers in the forsythia hedge. In the middle of September, there was a small section of forsythia in bloom way out of season. There seems to be a lot of life happening out of season this year or maybe it is the season of change.
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Out of Season
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Unwelcome Invaders
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2021 09-18, 5076 – UNWELCOME INVADERS – There is a vine with pretty little pink flowers at the bottom of the Lupine Field which threatens to take over. I keep it from spreading by driving my SUV along the edge. We have invasive thoughts that try to take over, but we can step back and change the outcome.
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2021 09-17, 5075 - HALF FULL – I spent a little time recently working up some wood for the stove in the Cabin and now the outhouse storage is half full. That may be all we need for the winter or I may cut some more. I prefer to see the potential in life rather than a diminishing resource. Life is more than half full.
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Half Full
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Ground Breaking
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2021 09-16, 5074 - GROUND BREAKING – The other day I witnessed the breaking ground of a new flower garden at the Center. One of my gifted students from the past, and now my teacher, spent a couple of days preparing the ground for a beautiful investment in the years to come for those that visit.
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2021 09-15, 5073 - ALL TANGLED UP – The bark on the old dead tree had begun to unravel, sliding down the trunk and creating a big tangle. I thought about the times I had tangled strings and fishing lines in my life and the only to untangle them was to go slowly and be patient. That’s also good for mind tangles.
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All Tangled Up
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Changes Are Coming
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2021 09-14, 5072 - CHANGES ARE COMING – Big changes in the seasons are coming. The leaves are leading the way as fall colors of reds and yellows are now dotting the landscape. Not only are the seasons changing, but people are making big changes in their lives, many of them listening to the messages in their hearts.
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2021 09-13, 5071 - A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED – Some roads and trails through Nature are travelled so much that the traffic breaks down the soil, while others are less travelled and easier to navigate. That is the type of path people are now looking to discover in Nature as they search for a different route in life.
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A Road Less Traveled
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A Mossy Face
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2021 09-12, 5070 - A MOSSY FACE – I love to discover Nature’s artistic creations and recently I discovered a mossy face looking back at me from the edge of the brook. I realize others might not see the same as I do and that is a part of the joy of looking at art. Life is full of interpretations.
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2021 09-11, 5069 - CHECKERBERRIES – The other day when I was cutting some brush, I discovered a few tiny red berries I recognized as checkerberries that brought back fond memories from my youth when my mother would make me checkerberry tea. I may be older now, but I love to rediscover aspects of my youth.
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Checkerberries
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Green Acorns
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2021 09-10, 5068 - GREEN ACORNS – The ground is becoming littered with green acorns as they drop from the oak trees. It doesn’t take long for them to take root and begin to sprout tiny trees that, left unchecked, could become giant oaks in the future. Imagine all our positive actions doing the same.
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2021 09-09, 5067 - RIDING THE WIND – I watched the wind pull the seed fibers from a plant in the Lupine field and then give them a ride to the place where Nature has chosen to plant them for the next growing season. I thought of our positive thoughts and actions that ride the winds of time for a future harvest.
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Riding the Wind
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Picture Perfect
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2021 09-08, 5066 - PICTURE PERFECT – I took a photo the other day that looks picture perfect to me. Then I thought what picture perfect meant. I remember an early television show, The Nelsons, that was a picture perfect family, until one looked behind the scenes. It’s not easy to really capture picture perfect.
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2021 09-07, 5065 - WOVEN CLOUDS – I have seen a lot of interesting formations in the clouds over the years, and the other day I spotted what appeared to be clouds weaving in and out with each other. I thought of how life is woven together by an invisible force. To see it, one needs to look for it.
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Woven Clouds
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A September Evening
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2021 09-06, 5064 - A SEPTEMBER EVENING – I visited the lupine field in the warm evening light of September and sat for a while on the bench admiring the peaceful landscape, my heart filled with gratitude for this special place that I often return to reflect and re-energize my mind, spirit, body and soul.
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2021 09-05, 5063 - WHERE FAIRIES PLAY - There are many magical places on the mountain where fairies of all ages play: the Enchanted Pathway, the Peace Garden and the old stump at the edge of the Lupine Field. I wonder how many people pass by and never notice.
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Where Fairies Play
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Checkerberries
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2021 09-04, 5062 - MAYBE THERE’S AN APPLE PIE IN THE FUTURE – We recently picked a bowl full of small, wormy apples from the trees that are left in the orchard. The goal is an apple pie. There may or may not be enough apples to make one, but if we hadn’t picked the apples, we would not know for sure.
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2021 09-03, 5061 - BUCKING UP – It is time to cut up some wood that has been drying since last year. I thought of my old buck saw and made a bucking station I cut use to easily chunk the wood up. Buck up is an old term that means take responsibility. Now is the time to be responsible for setting positive intentions.
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Bucking Up
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Hiding Places
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2021 09-02, 5060 - HIDING PLACES – I discovered a hole on the side of the trail hidden under a mossy bank. I wondered what animal had made it. I assume it was a place to hide from larger animals. People can create hiding places in their minds by reconnecting with a positive safe place in their memory.
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2021 09-01, 5059 - TIME TO HARVEST THE SEEDS – Now that summer is almost over, many of Nature’s plants have gone to seed. That is true for the growth we have all experienced during the pandemic as our hearts have grown the seeds of change. Now is the time to plant those seeds for the future.
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Time to Harvest the Seeds
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Fused Together
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2021 08-31, 5058 - FUSED TOGETHER – There was an ancient volcano in this area some millions of years ago that spewed its lava over the mountains fusing rocks and creating interesting formations that still exist. I think of people being fused together by common causes such as spreading love.
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2021 08-30, 5057 - CREATING A FRAME FOR NATURE’S ART – A lot of great art goes unnoticed because it does not have a frame to enhance its beauty. I like creating frames for Nature’s art by opening up views. I also like to “frame” people’s abilities.
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Creating a Frame for Nature's Art
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Well Worth the Wait
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2021 08-29, 5056 - WELL WORTH THE WAIT – Every year I wonder if the two hibiscus plants with their brilliant large red flowers will grow again. It seems as if it is July before they even indicate they are still alive. Then in August they bloom again. It is well worth the wait. Some people also bloom later in life.
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2021 08-28, 5055 - TWO FROGS OF DIFFERENT COLORS – On the edge of the meditation pond in the Peace Garden I saw two frogs soaking in the rays of the sun on a warm August afternoon. One was bright green and the other a very dark green. I thought of all sorts people coming together to find peace.
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Two Frogs of Different Colors
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Visit from a Real Life Fairy
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2021 08-27, 5054 - A VISIT FROM A REAL LIFE FAIRY – We were recently visited by Jennifer Okubo, from Long Island, New York, someone I will call a real life fairy who goes about her life spreading love and healing through her touch, her painting and her writing. The Center is now the beneficiary of her work.
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2021 08-26, 5053 - LATE BLOOMER – Recently a splash of blue caught my eye as we traversed around the edge of the Lupine Field. It was a couple of lupine plants in full bloom towards the end of August. I smiled and thought of all the human late bloomers who are just now testing their wings to follow their heart.
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Late Bloomer
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Hints of Fall
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2021 08-25, 5052 - HINTS OF FALL – Even though we have been experiencing tropical-like humid weather, Nature is giving us hints of fall. The swamp maples are turning, red and on the mountain the wildflowers and grass are going to seed. Life is also full of heart hints to lead us forward to new adventures.
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2021 08-24, 5051 - NOT A LOT OF HEAD ROOM – The sky’s ceiling had lowered to cover up the mountains across the valley. It seemed as if there was not a lot of head room in a place where one could normally see for miles. I thought of people who were feeling closed in. Like the weather, the clouds of life will also lift.
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Not a Lot of Head Room
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Puff Balls
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2021 08-23, 5050 - PUFF BALLS – One of my goals each day is to see the world filled with magic, through the eyes of a child. I think back to finding and stomping on puff balls and watch the “magic dust” from inside float into the air. I believe that we are all surrounded by magic and miracles if we believe in our hearts.
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2021 08-22, 5049 - AN OPEN PORTAL – As I looked to the sky, a small opening in the clouds revealed the blue depth of the Cosmos above. In my mind I was free to journey through this portal to Beyond. I knew that each one of us is born with a portal inside that is available to connect us with all.
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An Open Porthole
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It Is Almost Apple Picking Time
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2021 08-21, 5048 - IT IS ALMOST APPLE PICKING TIME – This spring we heavily pruned the apple trees in the orchard. They had become overgrown and didn’t bear much fruit. Now we have a crop of small apples almost ready to harvest. People are doing the same thing as they prune their lives, listening to their hearts.
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2021 08-20, 5047 - HINTS OF A STORM ON THE WAY – The sky was filled with a layer of dark clouds signaling that there could be a storm on the way, and the weather forecast confirmed it. Inside of each one of us is a knowing, when we are tune in with it, that changes are coming.
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Hints of a Storm on the Way
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Pink Clover
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2021 08-19, 5046 - PINK CLOVER – One of the conditions of receiving funding to create the Lupine Field was to include clover in the planting. It provides a nutritious food for the wildlife that visit the area. We are all like the field. We receive information from the Cosmos and from others that may fit our field or not.
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2021 08-18, 5045 - THE WORK OF A HUNGRY BEAR – I have noticed several old rotting stumps that have been torn apart this summer by hungry bears looking for a meal of ants. Just as the bears are searching for nourishment, so too are people searching for spiritual nourishment as they rearrange their lives.
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The Work of a Hungry Bear
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A Mid-August Afternoon
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2021 08-17, 5044 - A MID-AUGUST AFTERNOON – It seems as if I have done a lot of mid-afternoon reflections from the mountain this summer, but Nature has provided such a beautiful place to just pause, reflect, and communicate with the Source that overlooks the whole planet and beyond.
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