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What a change from two nights ago! Rather than the 30-degree temperatures that kept me from even opening the bedroom windows, a warm wind blew. The Aspen leaves weren’t just quaking gently, the whole tree vibrated from the swirling winds. Descending down Hurricane Hill, white caps much like a small…
Continue readingDriving the road along the shore of Brainard, I spotted the large antlers poking above the willows, like a periscope of a submarine. The large bull moose was intent upon eating, tearing at the supple branches of willows, one after another. Other visitors pulled to the side of the road,…
Continue readingThe flash of green caught my eye. Splotches of green among the black and the brown. Looking to both sides of the road, green dotted the ground hither and yon. Many of them growing right out of the base of the trees that had been burnt. It reminded me of…
Continue readingWhen I opened the door, the bracing cold surprised me. Just an hour ago, it felt like a balmy Indian Summer kind of day with warm sunshine baking the parking lot. But now, the briskness enveloped me. I felt ill prepared for my late afternoon run, which I had anticipated…
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