pocket full of places

.

even sadness

has a certain beauty

about it

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...and, as @learningtolovethesilence said...

the squirrel looks sad...like, i want to hold his paw to make him (or her) feel better in passing...

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pics from an 8 mile hike the other day up the mountain and down the mountain

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beautiful male turtle was digging around in the left over muddy spot on the trail looking for worms

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when i first spotted this fungus, i thought maybe it had a mating pair of moths resting on it... turns out it was more fungus! still pretty neat!

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this june bug was on his last leg... so pretty. i moved him off to the side where he wouldn't get stepped on...

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Check out this groovy moth and the evil face it's wings make when it feels threatened!

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picked "wild" blueberries today!

made amazing blueberry muffins!

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here's a little fog for thought...

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35 miles on the AT in 35 hours

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35 miles in 35 hours on the AT

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this is a tree post for my dear friend @legoule , who i couldn't visit with this past weekend due to a crazy, crazy world.

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from my recent backpacking trip on the AT... 35 miles in 35 hours

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the last goodnights

are shared between trees

and the lingering light

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~ @pocketfullofpoesies /

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cleome

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a visit to Cherokee, NC

this time last year, pre-covid

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Spotted some elk and a mama bear with three cubs crossing the parkway on my way to the Cherokee KOA!

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lupine

.

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being careful,

watching

where you are going

takes

so very little

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