Category Archives: Outdoors

Burn

grass

It is always a bit bittersweet to see our back burning.

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I know that getting rid of all of these leaves and dead grass might mean more wildflowers soon but it is hard to see it all gone.

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I am hoping that burning the back will help with our grasshopper problem.

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They have been everywhere in recent years and I think it might have to do with my asking Nick not to burn the back in the spring.

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I guess I will find out in a few months.

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him

sticks

watching

smoke

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This dog is odd.

She would lay down right in the fire’s path!

Crazy.

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sillydog

She also decided to use Nick as a resting post.

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ash

I cannot wait for spring flowers to replace the ash!

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

I have a lot of other things I should be blogging about.

I am way behind in our curriculum posts.

sunrise

But I looked out my window this morning and saw the beautiful sun rising over the new snow.

All I could think was that line in Robert Frost’s Poem “Nothing gold can stay.”

crystals

So I went for a walk around our yard, trying to capture the magic that was happening before me.

grass

fence

hiding

This above image is the one I pictured in my head before I went out.

I knew I wanted to use my 50mm 1:1.4, just for this image.

I am glad I was able to find it!

leaves

focus

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The birds were serenading me the whole time.

Beautiful.

cedar

cedarbranch

I followed the sun.

golden

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What an amazing way to wake up.

Following the sunlight through the snow.

ice

sparkle

I decided I wanted to add something to my non-existent bucket list.

Watch the sun rise and set every day for a month.

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“So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing gold can stay.”