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snowed in for Presidents’ Day
We had planned to visit my family in Ontario this weekend, but with the three feet of snow we’ve gotten in the DC area this week, we postponed that trip until after the thaw. Which is good, because the weather they’re getting on the other side of the Lakes this week is likely to [...]
posted: February 11th, 2010 under local, nature.
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birds : holiday visit to Lake Artemesia
After a completely gray and rainy Sunday, we took advantage of the beautiful clear weather to walk around Lake Artemesia. I can’t remember the last time I was up there; they’ve completely repaved and widened the path around the lake, and have removed at least one tree the roots of which were growing up [...]
posted: January 18th, 2010 under local, nature.
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birds : migrant kinglets
The Ruby-crowned Kinglets are making their way through our area, likely somewhat stalled by the nasty cold rain we had most of last week. On my way back from the mailbox this morning I passed several little chatterers flitting around in the bushes near the public library. Even better, yesterday I had a [...]
posted: October 20th, 2009 under home, local, nature.
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birds : Acadia National Park
During our week in Acadia, we saw (or heard) about fifty birds. I had this idea that we would be finding warblers everywhere we turned, however, they seem to have mostly migrated by now. We did see a number of new species of warblers and other birds, enabling me to add about a [...]
posted: September 18th, 2009 under nature, travel.
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vacation : the return trip
The sunrise on our last morning in Acadia.
Since we were already getting up insanely early for our thirteen-hour drive home from Maine, we thought we’d get up even earlier and watch the last sunrise from the top of Cadillac Mountain. However, it became apparent that we weren’t going to make it, due to my [...]
posted: September 17th, 2009 under music, nature, travel.
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