“We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough….” ~C.S. Lewis
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Clouds and Seasons
Simply sensational pictures, beautifully captured in Ivon Prefontaine’s poetry!
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Kathy’s niece took these pictures of boomers the other night west of Edmonton. Kathy and I talked about what we saw in the clouds. There is a lot in there and yesterday, as I walked, I understood clouds meaning something different during different seasons of life.
The spring of childhood,
Clouds were homes
Where
My imagined friends
Came to life
Nursery rhymes, fairy tale, cartoons
People lived there.
A voice called: “Hurry home before it rains.”
Spring met summer
Romance arrived
A single rain drop touched us
We scrambled
Holding hands
We discovered shelter
In each other
And laughed: “Let it rain.”
The dog days of summer arrived
I looked up
Storm clouds overhead
Ominous
Please, I need to finish the lawn
Or there goes the BBQ tonight
I hear my voice: “Hurry home before it rains; so much to do.”
In autumn
A safe distance
We view
But, don’t…
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Aside
MOUNT BATTIE: Hiking the Tableland Trail
Ageless Amenities
Copyright -October 2012- Bette A. Stevens
Sandstone
mudstone
granite
and
basalt.
Step
by
step
I
climb
archaic
rock.
October mini-vacation plans included a day trip to climb Mount Battie in Camden, Maine. My friend Lea was up from Virginia for our annual get-together. Only five days and the meteorologists were predicting lots of clouds and little sun. The ground was damp and soggy from weeks of rain.
I’ve wanted to climb Mount Battie for several years, but hadn’t made the trek. We woke, dressed, packed for a short hike and headed out for Camden Hills State Park on the only day with a partly sunny forecast. Camden Hills State Park is historically significant because of its connection with Depression-era federal programs and early efforts in the 1930s to develop state park systems throughout the United States. The national park service relied on local talent, such as Hans Heistad, noted landscape architect, in addition to a Civilian Conservation Corps crew based in the area. The park is open from May through October and offers a hiking system with over 30 miles of trails. We were on our way.
Heading for the hills.
Quick stop for a photo op.
The trails start here, to the left we would veer.
The start of the trail, we’re sure to prevail.
Sandstone, mudstone, granite and basalt;
step by very cautious step, we climb archaic rock.
Down the pits and up the mounds, spying woodlands all around.
A mile and a half,
we finally made it through;
A hike that yields the grandest prize —
magnificent the view!
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Take a Sunday drive through the White Mountains any day of the week!
HOP IN
Let me take you along my favorite stretch of roadway and you will see NH all decked out in her finest!
One section is 32 miles with NO GAS. It’s OK, I promise not to run out.
Ready?
Look at those COLORS just up ahead.
I want to show you something that makes NH special
We are spoiled by so many of these bridges, throughout our state.
Let’s check out the river, I did tell you before that there is GOLD here.
OK Jump back in let’s check out a few more spots of color.
Let’s keep our eyes open, MOOSE ARE HUGE!
Let’s pull off and check out the lake
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Autumn Gold
A touch of impromptu catnip from a morning drive. . .
your leaves shalt not wither
before illuminating my soul
~catnipoflife
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
~George Eliot
Magical Monarchs – Part 2
Butterfly, connecting with nature, Earth, Monarch, Monarch Watch
via Magical Monarchs – Part 2.
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Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Written
on 10/27/2012