Category: Nature
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Amazing Earth
Whenever I think about our amazing Earth and just life in general, which is often, my mind is blown so exhaustively that it feels like I’m on drugs. It all seems like a big joke, in a good way, or a game. I just want to go over a few things today and talk about…
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Autumn Colors
I wish to explain my reasons for creating the autumn season as it is in your experience. A time full of motion, leaves rustling, falling, flowing with the wind down to the ground where they swirl into colorful piles in which your children and pets can play, through which you shuffle as you walk through…
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Mount Greylock Hike
On October 9th, 2013, Jen and I hiked Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts, tucked way up in the northwest corner. We chose a Wednesday because this is peak foliage season up there which means the mountain spends its weekends covered with hikers. There’s also a road to the summit, so even people incapable of…
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Devil’s Hopyard State Park, East Haddam, CT
On September 22nd, 2013, I went with my girlfriend, Buddy and Rigs, and two friends to Devil’s Hopyard, a state park in East Haddam, Connecticut. It’s mostly known for the waterfall pictured above, which is beautiful. Although I’d been there before, I hadn’t ventured far from the falls, and there are some nice hiking trails…
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The Lyrebird
Every once in a while you’ll see something and be totally amazed by it. I was recently made aware of the lyrebird, a ground-dwelling bird native to Australia. First and less importantly than its main skill, it’s a beautiful creature with a colorful plume. Second (and this is what makes the bird amazing), it is…
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Lotus Flower
The lotus seed starts in the muck at the bottom of a pond. As it grows and reaches the surface, a beautiful lotus flower blossoms. Still rooted in the muck, it rises above it all up into the pure air and flourishes beautifully, above the denseness, the darkness, from which it came. Of course not…
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Sitting on a Park Bench
A lone maple leaf detaches from its life source, fluttering down into the pond to join its fallen friends already soft and brown with decay, the first casualties of an inexorable winter rapidly approaching. A fish hides in the leaf’s shade and nibbles off a snack. A bigger fish lurks deeper, hungry. The leaf fed…
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Cascade and Porter Mountains, Lake Placid, NY – Adirondacks
Below are some pictures from Cascade and Porter Mountains in Lake Placid, New York, within the Adirondacks. Just shy of 6 miles total, it’s a relatively easy hike if you’re in reasonably good shape. Cascade Mountain has a bare summit with an incredible 360 degree view. Porter has a wooded summit with an amazing view…
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Franconia Ridge Loop
As per my last post, this is the hike we did on 8-17-13, the Franconia Ridge Loop in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Because so many other websites have information on the hike, I won’t go into detail other than to post a few of the pictures I took. For information on the hike, click…