Category Archives: nature

Photo Friday: Wishes For 2021

Posted on January 2, 2021 by dbjackson

At long last, 2020 is in the world’s rearview mirror, and good riddance. We have a couple of weeks of craziness to get through, and a pandemic to beat back. But I enter this new year optimistic, for our planet, … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Live Long and Prosper. And Help Me Find My Mate…

Posted on December 18, 2020 by dbjackson

It appeared early in the fall, on one of our first frosty mornings. There it lay on the rails-to-trails path: a lone glove. It looked new then, a recent purchase perhaps. Surely someone would be missing it. This is a … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: The Bench

Posted on November 27, 2020 by dbjackson

It first appeared sometime this past summer. It hadn’t been there, and then, suddenly, it was. Initially, I have to admit, I resented it. I like our views of the little pond near our house. I like to get photos … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 20, 2020 by dbjackson

We live atop the Cumberland Plateau, about 1000 feet up from what we call the valley, but what is actually just…NOT the plateau. During the summer, that elevation change, though not huge, helps to keep temperatures in our little college … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: A Bit of Late Fall Color

Posted on November 13, 2020 by dbjackson

Fall foliage is well past peak color here on the Cumberland Plateau, as it is in most parts of the country. But there are still vivid splashes of red and yellow clinging to branches. This Red Maple, a species also … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Feeding Birds, How to Get Started

Posted on October 26, 2020 by dbjackson

Earlier this year, in the midst of spring bird migration, I wrote about my lifelong love of birding. I shared with you what birding has meant to me over the course of my life, and at the end I made … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Reflections of Fall

Posted on October 23, 2020 by dbjackson

Yesterday, I hiked out to a pair of lakes near our house — ones I have photographed several times before this year. I was hoping to find calm waters, interesting clouds, and a bit of fall color. I wasn’t disappointed. … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: How I’m Coping

Posted on October 19, 2020 by dbjackson

I’ve written about politics and social issues a lot in recent weeks, and I want desperately to avoid doing so again this week. It’s not that I don’t have more to say. I do. But I feel as though I’d … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Photos and Friendship

Posted on October 16, 2020 by dbjackson

Earlier this week, after working for much of the day, I went for a short hike with a dear friend of mine, a fellow photographer. It was late afternoon on a cool, crisp, exquisite day, and we went down off … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Three Years Ago This Weekend

Posted on October 9, 2020 by dbjackson

Three years ago this weekend, we were in Massachusetts at Wachusett Meadow, a Massachusetts Audubon Society wildlife sanctuary, for a memorial service honoring my brother, Bill. This glorious site was one of his favorites in the world, and we dedicated … Continue reading →

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