Category: Local Roaming
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The Day of the Fox
As the leaves fall from the trees and the frost hits the north country our scenes turn more monochromatic. There is a peace in the simplicity of the winter landscape… Soothing browns, golds, whites combined with the blue of the sky or layers of gray clouds. Once the snow flies and the snow geese leave…
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The Magic of Lanterns
A recent trip to Jardin Botanique in Montreal to photograph the lantern festival netted some fun shots. We arrived in the Chinese garden just at dusk and began trying to record these wonderful, whimsical designs. The lantern exhibit happens every year from early September to early November and is always a treat for the eyes…
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Fox Spirit I am Paying Attention!
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) are common in North America. Indeed, Red Fox is one of the most geographically widespread of the carnivores in the world, not endangered by any stretch of the imagination. But these wild, night wanderers are not often seen. When you are fortunate enough to see one, even from a distance, it’s…
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How Good To Be Safe…
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There is a gem in the Adirondacks… an awesome group of people caring for vulnerable, mending or broken wild creatures. I made a visit to the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge last week and will here post some photos of a few of their residents. It was a difficult place to get the photographs I wanted since…
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Wandering Through Mosaïcultures Internationales
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I had a final look at the Mosaïcultures Internationales exhibit at Jardin Botanique in Montreal a few weeks ago just before they began dismantling them all… my previous visit was while the sculptures were being constructed in June – see more here https://wanderartist.com/2013/06/14/a-feast-for-the-eyes-imagination/
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Jardin Before & After
Here is a further installment of before and after photos from the mosaïcultures internationales exhibits at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal… I love seeing the change three months has made in the plantings!
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A Quick Autumn Romp
The fall color is fast fading here in the North Country… we’ve had a wonderful stretch of weather to go out and enjoy it, however! Thought I’d share a quick tour of autumn 2013 through my camera lens… Whiteface Mountain on the left on the Saranac River
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The Grill Garden
On June 10 I photographed many of the mosaïcultures internationales exhibits at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal… this truck was one of my favorite motifs (I love old cars and trucks). The above photo shows the exhibit just after it was created, literally planted in the truck! The surrounding flora in the exhibit were either not…
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WanderNotes
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WanderNotes 28 September 2013 Northbound 35 morning – point au roche to chazy 44 degrees, 92% humidity cold on the bike… the canada geese leading me north, talking, talking, talking as they fly and land and take off and land and eat corn… fog clinging to the corn, and still being made over the…
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The sky is the daily bread of the eyes…
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“We believe in puppet theater as a wholesome and powerful language that can touch men and women and children alike, and we hope that our plays are true and are saying what has to be said, and that they add to your enjoyment and enlightenment.” – Peter Schumann This post is the continuing…
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Smileflowers
This was simply a challenging week for me… the loss of a dear soul… the difficult tasks innate in being someone’s boss… so I went back a few weeks in my photo archives to present to you some wonderful smiling faces! Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are native to the Americas and grown for their seeds, oil…
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(Hu)mans Shall Not Live By Bread Alone…
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“We believe in puppet theater as a wholesome and powerful language that can touch men and women and children alike, and we hope that our plays are true and are saying what has to be said, and that they add to your enjoyment and enlightenment.” – Peter Schumann About 15 years ago I…
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Blueberry Summer
This summer we discovered a very fun activity in our own backyard. One lovely day we decided to go berry picking at a local farm and store. Friends had been raving about how many pounds of blueberries they picked, and we were looking for something to do outside… We gathered our plastic containers and straw…
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John Brown’s Farm
On a beautiful summer day I recently visited a favorite spot in the Adirondack Mountains in North Elba (near Lake Placid) for a walk back in time. Abolitionist John Brown once farmed here and his old homestead is now a New York State Historic site. John Brown and two of his sons bought the property…
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North Country 4th
One of the aspects I enjoy about living in a rural area are small town parades on the 4th of July. Although I do have one minor critique… a little too much emphasis on car culture. I would love to see more walkers, bands, dancers, horseback riders. My one exception to that is, of course,…
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