Nature

Poem: Isle au Haut

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Isle au Haut …surging, lapping, thrashing tides, in and out sharp cliffs, jagged stones, pinnacle precipices and squeaky, tipsy, rounded rock beaches… …careful footing is needed on hiking trails a labyrinth of crisscrossing roots, stepping up and down in boulder toeholds, punctuated with mud and moss… …straggly pines with clumped branches, nestlike but forlorn oblivious … Read more

Photos of Leaf-buds

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Spring has finally sprung here. We’ve delighted in gorgeous weather in the sixties. The leaves are trying to come out. It never ceases to amaze me that full fledged leaves emerge from these tiny buds and flowers, and that they do it so quickly with such urgency, like after the long winter they can’t wait … Read more