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We hit the trail again!
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We hit the trail again! We haven't hiked for two months. We don't care for hiking in hot weather. And PD decided the house needed an upgrade, so we spent the latter part of August and most of September painting, and I reshingled the front porch and the north and south walls of my shop. The house has cement shingles. They last forever if you don't break them, but they aren't great to look at so I removed them and nailed up cedar shingles, and then trimmed it in white. I finished that Monday, and so it was time to hike again. It's cooled off a bit. September was one of our hottest months this year, but today was sixty degrees and sunny- an absolutely perfect autumn day. We started our hike a little after two this afternoon and there weren't more than four of five other hikers out. A lot has changed in the two months since we last walked Al Sabo. The lush greens of June are gone and the riot of wildflowers has disappeared. The grasses are drying out and now we see milkweed pods, goldenrod and ragweed. There are still a few blooms- I found coneflower near the landbridge, but the color you see now is in the leaves that are just beginning to turn, and in the berries, like the black pokeweed berries on bright fuschia stems. We got a reward right away for our trip. PD spotted a red tailed hawk on a limb along the swamp trail, and he let me take a lot of pictures of him. I failed to get a clear close up shot, damn the bad luck, but I was pretty excited to get any at all. We walked about three miles and it felt good to be back in the woods. Gracie was beside herself with excitement, and we worried that she'd forget all her trail manners, but she was quite the polite young lady, and left the trail to sit and wait while other hikers passed without being told. PD did a couple off headers when she tripped on roots. She wasn't hurt but Gracie ran to her side both times and immediately sat and waited. If she keeps it up, this year is going to be fun hiking with her. I'll probably let her run off leash more this year if she behaves that well. Climbing ladders for the last couple of months was hard on my legs so I was thinking that the hike would wear me out, but it was so relaxing to be on the trail again that I hardly noticed. The colors will be at peak in a couple more weeks, and that's a gorgeous time to be in the forest. With a little luck we'll be on snowshoes in December, just two months away!           Become a member now and get a free tote bag. |
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The Trail Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Ha! We're sissies! We wait for below seventy. But I'll hike when it's ten below, too. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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There is no end....it goes on forever. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Love all these pictures, too! It's been too hot to even think of hiking... I'll wait till temps drop below 80* and then take my hiking boots out. Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nice Hawk, we found a baby hawk behind the shop one day and when I went to put it in a box it raised it's wings and ran. It practically doubled in size, about 10" squatting to about 20" standing. I figured out it was from our roof so I got a ladder, climbed up with the box 'o hawk and when I peeked up on the roof I saw Mom and another baby. Mom stood up looking like a fucking eagle running at my head, I freaked and tossed the box at her and slid down the ladder fast. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Love all these pictures, too! It's been too hot to even think of hiking... I'll wait till temps drop below 80* and then take my hiking boots out. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Aren't those pretty! I think they're chamomile flower, but I'm not gonna bet large sums of money on it! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Gorgeous pictures!!!! Oh How I love thee....let me count the ways....   WITHOUT PASSION LIFE IS NOTHING
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Gorgeous pictures!!!! Oh How I love thee....let me count the ways.... Oh. You meant the flowers. Well, OK. They ARE pretty. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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The hawk looks very majestic. I'm pleased Gracie has kept her walking manners!  
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I've missed these vicarious walks! My environment of late has been concrete, humidity, and other people's agita. being able to look at wildflowers and the occasional cicadia -- even through someone else's lens -- is a treat like you wouldn't believe... As always, thanks for taking us along! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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The hawk looks very majestic. I'm pleased Gracie has kept her walking manners! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I've missed these vicarious walks! My environment of late has been concrete, humidity, and other people's agita. being able to look at wildflowers and the occasional cicadia -- even through someone else's lens -- is a treat like you wouldn't believe... As always, thanks for taking us along! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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You know, I was gonna ask if you even HAD a coffee table! I do have a coffee table, and I have coffee table books. Some of them I've forgotten I have because they're buried under mountains of other books and magazines- and dust. On the plus side, if there's ever a total collapse of civilization we ought to be able to carry on for quite some time subsisting on the various dried fruits and vegetables as well as the odd dessicated sausage that are surely buried in there as well. If Gracie hasn't already found and eaten them. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Thanks Sassy! I do hope we get a colorful fall and a snowy winter. I get used to PD falling- she's a bit klutzy. It took me a while after we met to talk her out of wearing FMPs- she'd be wearing them in the woods if I'd let her. It's a lot better to be comfortable than stylish! There was a movie long ago that I'm sure you've never heard of, with Walter Matthau and Elaine May, called "A New Leaf". Both of them were great in that movie, and PD is the absent minded professor like Elaine May in that movie. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I've finally made it back to the blogs and I am glad I have. Your photos might just inspire me to take a walk. You had better go start walking again! You know it's good for you. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Lovely pics as always... Miss Gracie is getting older, it is funny how dogs seem to just "get it" at some point. Sounds like she is at or near that point... from here on out it is just fun times. On a side note... and this is typical of me but such is life. I was too late for my nominations for Miss Busty's awards but had you two in many of my categories. I know it is a little late but still wanted you two to know I really do enjoy both of you and your well written stories. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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