Tag: fall
member name: Roy ☯ Hilbinger
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October 14, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
As I've noted before, because of the effect of the Atlantic Ocean, and especially the Gulf Stream, on Newport, we don't get the magnificent Fall foliage that they get inland. We do get some color, . . .
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October 25, 2009 07:10 PM EDT --
Down on Gooseneck Cove Fall colors are reflecting in the water and lighting the place up. I managed to get some pictures of that today, as well as the multicolored leaves on one of the trails in Ballard . . .
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November 22, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
I went out for a walk down to my favorite hangouts in the south end of Newport this morning, and I discovered that the Beeches have finally changed color. Hooray! Of course, the Maples have been changing . . .
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September 28, 2007 09:45 PM EDT --
On my weekly walk through Ballard Park and around Gooseneck Cove today I noticed that the fall Asters are out in force, so I thought I'd share them with you.
First we have some Swamp Asters, also . . .
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October 26, 2007 04:26 PM EDT --
Today started out sunny and quickly clouded over. Not that I was upset about that - I much prefer to take pictures in more diffuse light than in bright sunlight. In any case, here are the shots that worked . . .
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November 02, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
So I was out on my usual hike today, down to Ballard Park, then down Hazard Rd. to Gooseneck Cove. then over to the "country lane" loop. not much wildlife because the wind is up today and they're . . .
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November 21, 2007 05:28 PM EST --
Today I went walking in Miantonomi Park, which is on the north side of the city of Newport, on Hillside Ave. just north of Admiral Kalbfus Blvd. This park is atop Newport's tallest hill, and is topped . . .
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November 04, 2008 05:08 PM EST --
Summer's wildflower
shed its rainbow-colored robe
for a Winter shroud.
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October 27, 2009 05:22 PM EDT --
I had some minor grocery shopping to do today, and as usual I took the scenic route, which includes some nice houses, tree-shaded lanes, and Easton's Beach and the cliff Walk. Today was heavily overcast, . . .
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September 25, 2009 05:21 PM EDT --
The first changing Maple leaves, seen on Bellevue Ave. today.
Music: "The Wonderful Year" by Roger Eno & Kate St. John from their 1992 CD The Familiar
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September 30, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
Taking the long route home from the library today, I went down to the Cliff Walk just to breathe salt air and feel the breeze. I noticed that the Calico Aster is up in profusion along the Walk, and stopping . . .
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November 16, 2008 05:51 PM EST --
The trees are almost bare,
the flowers have lost their petals,
color is subdued;
but still, but still...
There is beauty to see.
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November 22, 2008 04:51 PM EST --
It's been cold here for a bit; the high temperatures haven't made it out of the 30s since the beginning of the week. Today I went down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove to see if the waters had . . .
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November 14, 2007 08:33 PM EST --
Two days off in a row! This is a rare event in my job. Since tomorrow is supposed to be rainy, I went for my weekly hike today. It started out sunny but quickly turned overcast, raw, and blustery. It's . . .
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November 30, 2008 06:02 PM EST --
I went walking today. Along the way it started to sleet, and a little later the sleet mixed with and then turned to rain.
Sleet on the trails in Ballard Park:
November buds in Ballard Park:
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October 21, 2008 05:45 PM EDT --
Autumn colors are finally making their appearance here in Newport, where the ocean environment makes our Fall color season a little later and less vibrant than in inland New England. But at least the Maples . . .
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October 07, 2008 06:26 PM EDT --
Walking the trails in Ballard Park, camera set to macro, this poem emerged.
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November 01, 2008 07:00 PM EDT --
The Wheel turns,
the year wanes;
the Dark Half of the year
appears on the stage.
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October 11, 2007 05:03 PM EDT --
As I mentioned in a previous article, because it's on the sea coast and affected by the Gulf Stream Newport doesn't get the spectacular fall foliage that inland New England gets. Well, today I . . .
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November 01, 2008 07:30 PM EDT --
This was a good day for birding on Gooseneck Cove. My buddy Jack Kelly showed up not long after I'd gotten down there on Hazard Rd. I had been down the farther end of the road when I saw a Great Blue . . .
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