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Nice photos!I went from Florida weather and walking/collecting shells on the beach (my favorite past time) and lush vegetation, to my first walk back home. Everything is still colorless, but signs of spring are evident as wildflowers and trillium are making their presence known.
Anyone know what the blueish ones are?
See that ugly bridge...makes me miss the ancient beauties on the Camino. I also found and opened a geocach for kids, and a jawbone with teeth. When the landscapes are not pretty, other things often grab my attention.
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I will and no pressureAll the best @Peter Fransiscus with your volunteering! If you have time it would be nice if you are able to make a live thread about your work at the Huiskamer but no pressure of course!
I just checked out Siberian Squill images and they are exactly the same flowers!Nice photos!
The blue wildflowers may be Siberian Squill, common to the north country.
Those boys are definitely keeping you "young"!A lively bunch as the 4 grandsons are all around the same age
On a closer look, Sabine, what fruit or other do these blossoms produce? The shape of those trees is different than any orchards I've seen in the US.Finally the masses of daytourists are gone. So many on electric bikes and not always observing others.
Time for a short stroll to enjoy the blossoms.
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On a closer look, Sabine, what fruit or other do these blossoms produce? The shape of those trees is different than any orchards I've seen in the US.
On a closer look, Sabine, what fruit or other do these blossoms produce? The shape of those trees is different than any orchards I've seen in the US.
Thanks, we have cherry trees, too, but ours must be pruned in a different shape; more rounded/short/wider. Yours are more tall and thin.@Camino Chrissy ; my neighbour to the rescue.They are cherry trees!
Thanks, we have cherry trees, too, but ours must be pruned in a different shape; more rounded/short/wider. Yours are more tall and thin.
You're welcome, @mspath. It's nice to have a place where one can share.How wonderful it must have been for you to feel "- calm without an ounce of fear."
Thank you for sharing these precious emotions.
As said above, so lovely to see you! I am struck by the weight of your pack at the start. How is it possible? I would love to have the opportunity and the courage. Too late for me, too late! Enjoy! Enjoy! And thank you for sharing....well it's not often that I have internet access these days. I have missed chatting to you all here on the forum and seeing where everyone has walked. For the past few months I have been in the bush tramping tracks in the Nelson/Tasman region (NZ) and also parts of Te Araroa Trail, exiting only for supplies, foul weather and the occasional party. Here is a five-day snippet from along the Kill Devil and Anatoki Pack Tracks in Kahurangi National Park.
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Day 1
The Kill Devil track is an endless zig zag up to a saddle. 2 hours hard work on a pristine day. 17 kilos on my back: 6 days food, autumnal gear and 2 litres of water. Tough. From the saddle one gains fine views to the interior of the range. Dramatic slopes plunging to a distant river.
Bliss. I have lit the open fire in Riordans hut, made my bed, cooked dinner then finished with a ginger- lemon infusion...
Riordan’s hut was constructed in 1926 by musterers, restored in 2003. The hut is wooden. Light blinks between the joins. The door frame has great gaps. One can see the ground beneath loosely fitted floorboards. There are two flyblown windows, a food safe with an upside-down naked lady sketched upon it. Another wooden cupboard is positioned above a rustic bench. There are two benches to sit upon and an old thrown together table -four bits of wood tossed on top of an old frame. The beds are ancient.
Piwakawaka and other small birds chirp at dusk. The resident weka scurries by. Bellbirds peel and clonk. A morepork suddenly swoops then lands a meter from where I stand. We stare at each other for a long minute. Owl eyes fixed, motionless.
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Hi @kirkie, how nice to hear from you! The weather in the NZ mountain ranges is changeable. One must always be prepared for the worst. It can rain, shine, blow a gale, hail and snow all in a single day, even in summer. So, some of the extra weight comes from wet weather gear and woolens. Added to that I carry a winter duck down sleeping bag (1.2 kilos). I found my European summer sleeping bag inadequate in the huts even in high summer. Then there is food and water: NZ is a young country without a network of closely spaced villages, farms and monasteries such as one finds in the valleys, foothills and mountains of Europe. One must haul food for many days when out tramping, a gas primus for cooking and also a water purifying system or tablets. My body groans under the weight.As said above, so lovely to see you! I am struck by the weight of your pack at the start. How is it possible? I would love to have the opportunity and the courage. Too late for me, too late! Enjoy! Enjoy! And thank you for sharing.
Enjoy your stay in lovely Den BoschEven in a busy city there are wonderfully serene places. I'm up in Holland again after walking a camino from here, down to France. A sunny Sunday in Den Bosch. It's so much greener than 3 weeks ago!
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@Camino Chrissy ; my neighbour to the rescue.They are cherry trees!
You share your joy through your lens! This thread shares equal top place with the one photo a day thread as reason for my forum membership!I'm so happy to be home after 2 months away. My first day back began with an early morning walk at Beach Grove in Tsawwassen where I had the joy of watching a Great Horned Owl and her 2 owlets. Then a late afternoon walk at Terra Nova.
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Your bike?A quick walk near Loenen (Holland) to blow away the cobwebs. When the landscape is flat you can really notice the changeable spring sky.
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No. Someone had parked it there in the middle of nowhere. I thought, "How Dutch!"Your bike?
The owner of the bicycle has crawled into the bushes to take a pee.No. Someone had parked it there in the middle of nowhere. I thought, "How Dutch!"
An armadillo? For real?Post-Camino walk in Harris Neck NWR on the Georgia coast. Beautiful but not a Camino.
My thought too.An armadillo? For real?
Lawns require water, energy, and chemicals. Go armadillos! They're just the climate police, trying to encourage nautural gardens.
Simple. Attach a photo file from the gallery in your phone. Then once it shows as a little square below the message you're writing (with "Insert..." in the top left-hand corner), hit Insert, then 'thumbnail.'If the photos which I have recently posted are too big , will somebody kindly explain what needs to be done
ThanksSimple. Attach a photo file from the gallery in your phone. Then once it shows as a little square below the message you're writing (with "Insert..." in the top left-hand corner), hit Insert, then 'thumbnail.'
Bob's yer uncle.
Beautiful blues...The snow has been annoyingly low this year so far so haven't gone up the local mountains but did get to an area called "Tunnel Bluffs" just up the coast from Vancouver, BC:
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Why is this song in my mind now? I never promised you a rose garden... the main point for me is to be able to see what you have seen! For example today, my first thought was: thank goodness Sabine does not have to spend time cleaning her boots after her walk! Second thought: the farmers do need rain. let it come during the working week...My pictures are so bleak and more of the same compared with what you all post here.
But I guess it is what it is....
Morning walk. The five k.loop around the village. Even the muddiest parts are now dry...
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I found a video with Jordan speaking his book. I cannot thank you enough for this treasure.A walk in an area that I hadn't been before and didn't know existed before yesterday - the Surrey Nature Centre and the trails of Green Timbers Urban Forest. I went because there was a reported sighting of a Black Headed Grosbeak. I found the bird pretty quickly. Beautiful markings - I watched it for a bit and caught a quick photo before it flew off.
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A little further along the path where I saw the grosbeak was a sign for the Story Trail. A children's book with themes connected to nature is chosen each month and reproduced page by page and installed along the story trail. The book for May is the lyrical and powerful "I Talk Like a River" by the poet Jordon Smith and beautifully illustrated by Sydney Smith. A lovely way to read a book! Along the way, serenaded by a White-crowned Sparrow.
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Continuing on along a path leading into a story I didn't know - the birthplace of reforestation in British Columbia. Almost 100 years ago, citizens protested the proposed clear cut of a 2,000 acre old growth forest. They lost the fight but the government promised 640 acres as the province's first reforestation project. Begun as the "Inaugural Forest", it still stands as a protected place and important ecosystem for animals, birds and many plants including the Salmonberry, my favourite spring blossom and the protected Western Trillium.
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I owe my teenage summer tree planting jobs to this projectIt was a great walk exploring the paths of this forest.
Well... I have to say that I don't find them bleak and perhaps the same geographically but never the same depending on light, weather, time of year. I always find beauty in your photos Sabine. These in particular today - beautiful moody light with the brightness of spring colour on the landscape. Those lovely cowsMy pictures are so bleak and more of the same compared with what you all post here.
But I guess it is what it is....
Morning walk. The five k.loop around the village. Even the muddiest parts are now dry...
Was it the San Diego Festival of Books video? It's wonderful and such a beautiful book!I found a video with Jordan speaking his book. I cannot thank you enough for this treasure.
I do like these cows. Regard the tender gaze of one and the eyes-forward indifference of the other....
Not. At. All!My pictures are so bleak and more of the same compared with what you all post here.
Oh my gosh - WOW!And impossibly beautiful surroundings.
More cows!A five mile one way walk on my local trail gave me a few different things to see. It's finally coming to life with wild bluebells, violets, and more.
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I have even more. Beautiful glossy fawn-coloured ones. But I will spare you.More cows!
I have often read about the "one lone" hot padron pepper lurking in the bunch; thankfully I've never been "gifted" any of them.And then a little detour to buy a treat!
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The half eaten one was hot!!!
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Such a contrast to your muddy boot photos. I will pray for night time rain for the poor dry earth...Was out this morning before it got too warm.
Expected to be 28 Celsius today.
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Send some warmth this way!! We've had such a cold, wet May!Was out this morning before it got too warm.
Expected to be 28 Celsius today.
Where are you now, @VNwalking?
in Emelia-Romana
Lucky you! I love Italy and have been to many areas as a tourist, not a walker.
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