Category Archives: outdoors

A Counterclockwise Orange

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I went down to the crossroad again last night. It’s not a crossroad anymore. “A Crossroad Orange” is now a Counterclockwise Orange. An almost-full moon was rising in the east. Vehicles were feeling their way around the circle. Two bicyclists, … Continue reading →

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Yellow Season

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Yellow season is rolling out all around us. Yellow season is daffodils, forsythia, and dandelions. Some other stuff is yellow all year-round.             Here’s some stuff that’s yellow all year-round.

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A Crossroad Orange

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I went to the crossroad Fell down on my knees . . . — Robert Johnson I went to the crossroad too. I went to the crossroad three times and the first two times the batteries in my camera died. … Continue reading →

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March Snow

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Online some people have been threatening to do nasty things to the poor groundhog, all because snow fell after the spring equinox. Get a grip, people. Any critter who didn’t see her shadow in my town on February 2 should … Continue reading →

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Fire and Ice

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

After The Big Blizzard, the one that dumped 8 or so heavy crusty inches of snow here and 20 or 30 inches elsewhere in New England, I created a folder called “February 2013 Snow” and put all my photos in … Continue reading →

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Snow Valentine

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Weather Underground says we’ve got more snow incoming — not much, they say — and I haven’t even got around to posting my pics of the last snow. Here goes. Thursday morning I woke up to snow covering my skylights, … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Yesterday’s forecast said snow after dark, but I didn’t fully register this till early morning light revealed something on the skylight directly above my bed. Aha! Snow! Snow it was, two or three inches of fluffy powder on the deck. … Continue reading →

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January Sunset

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Taking a break from words . . . Travvy and I headed out for a walk a little after four. The sky colors were starting to jell. I went back for my camera. I’m glad I did. Along Halcyon Way … Continue reading →

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Waskosims Rock

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

These photos were supposed to be part of “Faith,” which I posted two days ago, but as usual my words wandered off in a different direction and the photos didn’t fit. There was a connection, though. The sun was close … Continue reading →

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Great Rock Bight

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

All work and no play makes Susanna a dull girl and Travvy a bored boy, so after we’d done our banking and our post officeing yesterday, I decided a trip to Waskosim’s Rock was in order. So what if it … Continue reading →

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