Landscape
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Equinox
The days after the fall equinox, when the sun nearly rises straight east and sets squarely in the west, are of moments. Sunrise and sunset moments of blended color and kissed clouds. Shadow moments that reveal hollows and ridges hidden in other… Continue reading
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Walking Landscape
Walking a landscape is learning a landscape. They go hand in hand. Driving landscape is an introduction. Walking a landscape though, is an adventure in to landscape’s thinking, feeling, and imagination. Walking gives one the opportunity to pause and wonder. Each foot fall creates… Continue reading
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Spring Leaf
The apricot trees blossomed early this spring. Though they are the first bloomers of all our fruit trees, the buds arrived a little earlier than normal. If our luck held, they survived the early spring 27-degree frosts. Yet we had a good number… Continue reading
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Apricot Leaf: Birth and Resurrection
Last night’s wind fell the last of the apricot leaves. Their fall ends a remarkable season. From spring birth to grounded resting they served us simple beauty, remarkable shade on a hundred-degree summer day, and protected their natural treed sibling: the apricot.… Continue reading
