Tag: winter
member name: Roy ☯ Hilbinger
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December 21, 2009 11:21 AM EST --
O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, . . .
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December 20, 2009 06:26 PM EST --
Last year on Dec. 19 we got a monster snow storm which lasted into the morning hours of Dec. 20. I wandered around on the 20th taking pictures and posted a photo essay here on Gather. Wouldn't you know . . .
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December 18, 2009 05:04 PM EST --
I've been hearing about this "war on Christmas" a lot in the past few years; a lot of people on Fox News, like Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck, and the Dobson family's Focus on the Family empire and . . .
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February 21, 2008 06:37 PM EST --
So Bob (elizabeth e.) is off this week due to the annual Winter break in public schools. I'm also off, indefinitely, due to being unemployed. In January I cashed in a whole bunch of points for Borders . . .
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December 20, 2007 09:47 AM EST --
Some of the shots I used in my Winter Solstice video come from my pre-digital camera days, and they still seem to hold up, althought they tend to be grainier than I remember (some of them were shot at . . .
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August 29, 2007 09:34 PM EDT --
"When the ocean surges,
don't let me just hear it.
Let it splash inside my chest!"
- Rumí
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January 03, 2008 04:38 PM EST --
I got up this morning and headed for the kitchen to make my oatmeal and my morning cup of tea. I was greeted with the sight of a beautiful crystal ice forest growing on the inside of the storm window . . .
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January 27, 2008 06:57 PM EST --
Today I tackled one of the hikes I found in the Weekend Walks in Rhode Island book I found at Borders on Friday. I convinced my friend Virginia (a fellow ousted exile from Home Depot) to come along. . . .
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February 02, 2008 04:26 PM EST --
I was on my way down to First Beach just to do a beachcombing stroll and maybe stop in Save the Bay's information center/museum under the carousel on the boardwalk (since they re-opened for their Winter . . .
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March 09, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
After I walked through Ballard Park I figured I'd head down Ruggles Ave. towards the Cliff Walk. We had a storm yesterday and there was still a good breeze blowing, so I just knew the surf was up and . . .
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March 14, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
...to paraphrase Mr. Zimmerman.
Watching the clouds roll through off Easton's Beach this morning.
And for all that it never did rain!
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January 28, 2008 05:30 PM EST --
We had a nor'easter blow through overnight that left a little snow - an inch or two. I had stuff to do at the computer today, but I decided to take a quick run down to Ballard Park to look at what . . .
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February 15, 2008 04:55 PM EST --
"I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung . . .
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March 03, 2008 05:07 PM EST --
Low tide here was at 10:14 am. I decided to include a walk on the beach as part of my walk to the grocery store this morning. This is what I saw.
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December 09, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
Miracle of miracles, another Sunday off! It was a chilly and overcast day, and a dead calm one, too. I went walking, and here are the results.
Ballard Park
The birds were avoiding me in the . . .
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January 12, 2008 07:51 PM EST --
I was on my usual walk today, but when I got down to the Green Bridge I heard noise ocean-ward, and when I looked over there I saw that the surf was up. LOL!!! That decided the rest of my hike - I headed . . .
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February 23, 2008 05:38 PM EST --
We had some snow/sleet/freezing rain yesterday, so today I went down to my spiritual home to see what effect was achieved by Mama Gaiea's brush. Unfortunately a lot of people and their dogs had been . . .
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March 07, 2008 04:33 PM EST --
Woohoo! The Harbor Seals are still hanging out on Sakonnet Point. After Bob and I had the pleasant surprise of stumbling across them two weeks ago, I decided I wanted to show them to my friend Virginia. . . .
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March 13, 2008 07:12 PM EDT --
I came out of the tunnel under the Chinese Tea House and up the hill a little way and what did I see in the water but a group of Red-Fronted Mergansers. After watching them for a little while I saw the . . .
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January 03, 2009 04:15 PM EST --
I never go out the door without my camera. No matter where I'm going - to go grocery shopping, to the library, even just around the corner to the convenience store. The camera is always with me. . . .
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