Tag Archives: nature

Monday Musings: Lightning Round

Posted on September 6, 2020 by dbjackson

Sometimes my Monday Musings posts are pretty easy to write – a topic comes to me and I riff on it or rant about it. Other times, nothing comes to me at all, and just getting started is next to … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Another Butterfly — Appalachian Brown

Posted on September 6, 2020 by dbjackson

Welcome to this week’s Photo Friday post. Early in the summer, Nancy and I lamented the lack of butterflies in her garden, at least relative to recent years. Well, no more. The past few weeks have been butterfly-rich, and I … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Late-Afternoon Vista, and a Message

Posted on August 28, 2020 by dbjackson

Last Friday, at the end of another week of work and screaming headlines, I spent my late afternoon, exploring our little college town, enjoying the golden light and ever-changing cloudscapes. As I’ve mentioned before, our town is perched atop the … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Sunset Among Friends

Posted on August 21, 2020 by dbjackson

Last weekend we had a socially-distanced get together with friends at the home of one of the couples. Their house, as it happens, sits right on the bluff in our little corner of the Cumberland Plateau, looking west and north … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Thinleaf Coneflower

Posted on August 14, 2020 by dbjackson

Happy Friday, all. Another week has drawn to a close — another spate of news, some of it maddening, some of it tragic, some of it uplifting. And another set of work tasks — editing, writing, revising, online convention panels. … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Silvery Checkerspot

Posted on August 2, 2020 by dbjackson

Another crazy week gone by, another month in the books for 2020: the year that lasted forever and yet somehow flew by. I honestly don’t understand what has happened to my sense of time. This butterfly has been hanging around … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Who Is That In the Cloud?

Posted on July 24, 2020 by dbjackson

Good morning! Another week is ending, which means it’s Photo Friday here at the blog. Today’s photo was taken during an early morning walk a week or so ago. I had only my phone with me, but the image came … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: A Butterfly Fly-By

Posted on July 17, 2020 by dbjackson

Another hot, lazy summer week has sped by here on the Cumberland Plateau. Nancy’s garden is in full glory, though I’m sad to say that butterflies have been far less numerous this year than in years past. I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: A Friend On My Walk

Posted on July 3, 2020 by dbjackson

Found this guy about a week ago on my walk and then saw him again this morning. He is an Eastern Box Turtle, and, yes, I really do know that he’s a male, based on eye color and the bright … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: My Morning Walk

Posted on June 26, 2020 by dbjackson

Photo Friday has rolled around again. Seriously, where do the weeks go? I don’t understand. Just about every morning I walk for 3+ miles along the rails-to-trails path here in our town. I have written about it before, and posted … Continue reading →

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