https://oftheessenceblog.com/2022/08/07/zinnias-thoughts-and-a-poem/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img_2837.jpegimg_2837https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img_8504.jpegimg_85042022-08-07T16:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2021/07/04/joy-for-the-taking-reviews-of-the-book-and-a-short-trip-away/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0647.jpegIMG_0647https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0402.jpegIMG_0402https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_0815.jpegIMG_0815Long Sands Beach, York, ME2021-07-05T00:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2021/05/12/the-book-is-finished/2021-05-12T12:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2021/01/19/a-miracle-hike/2021-01-21T16:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/11/29/bittersweet/2020-11-30T02:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/04/30/pandemic-care-for-self/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3532.jpgIMG_3532 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020This sunset photo was part of WALK, CREATIVELY PHOTOGRAPH, CONNECTION (with a friend, six feet plus apart, both of us masked) and INDULGE.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3613-2.jpegIMG_3613 2 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Stickers can make things so much more fun! The spots on the list are reflections from the window as morning sun pours in.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3526.jpgIMG_3526 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Water swirls. Do we get pulled into it, or do we observe from a place of strength, like the yellow colts foot on the right? Mariaville Lake, NY, April 2020.2020-04-30T10:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/04/15/april-is-poetry-month/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_2705.jpgIMG_2705 copyright Of-the-Essence BlogYes, we do get snow in April! Along the Vlomankill at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, a few weeks ago.2020-04-15T14:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/04/07/some-invitations-for-difficult-times/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3424.jpgIMG_3424 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020My first wildflower of the year--oxalis (shamrock) peeking out from under the leaves on Hang Glider Cliffs trail at John Boyd Thacher State Park, April 2020https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_3356.jpgIMG_3356 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Trees overlooking the Mohawk River along the Erie Canal, Amsterdam NY, April 20202020-04-07T16:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/03/26/crocuses-and-optimism/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3181.jpgIMG_3181 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Other spring bulbs weighted by the snowhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3154.jpgIMG_3154 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020We're in the middle of the storm. Keep the lamp on.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3235.jpgIMG_3235 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Flattened and bruised.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3209.jpgIMG_3209 Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Snow is heavy on the crocuses.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2946.jpgIMG_2946 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Picture perfect spring crocushttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2941.jpgIMG_2941 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Stark sky over Sage College, Troy NY, March 2020https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2945.jpgIMG_2945 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Mid-March crocuses.2020-03-26T20:19:45+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/03/10/signs-of-spring/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2677.jpgIMG_2677 copyright Of-the-Essence BlogThe little chipmunk who lives in the sewer grate!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2618.jpgIMG_2618 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Even if temporarily captured by a freeze, this plant in the Vlomankill is determined to grow.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2669-version-2.jpegIMG_2669 version 2 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Seven of the eight male cardinals (less visible, at least five of the females) that flocked to the feeder; normally there are just three pair.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_2529.jpgIMG_2529 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020One of this year's crop of squirrels leaning over for a bud on the elm.2020-03-02T01:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/03/03/resting-on-the-ice/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2205.jpegIMG_2205 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Bee caught by the coldhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2331.jpgIMG_2331 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Winter tree litterhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2314.jpegIMG_2314 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Moss from a tree, or maybe a rockhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2281.jpegIMG_2281 copyright of the essence blog 2020Staghorn sumac drupe on the ice2020-02-09T17:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/02/18/the-hedgerow/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2504.jpgIMG_2504 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Staghorn sumac against the skyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2210.jpgIMG_2210 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Sunset, facing east, in winter2020-02-09T16:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/02/25/bunnies-and-hope/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2451.jpgIMG_2451 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Cardinals and sparrows in the hedgerow by day.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_6498.jpeg6498 Version 2 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Another predator: the Cooper's hawk that stalks the bird feeder.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2184.jpgIMG_2184 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020The hedgerow at sunset2020-02-09T16:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/02/10/ask-questions-wait-and-see/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2514.jpgIMG_2514 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Beavers use sticks grasses and mud to make their lodges; muskrats prefer cattails.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2509.jpgIMG_2509 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020No, not a rock.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2508.jpgIMG_2508 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Curious, what appears among the plants....https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2505.jpgIMG_2505: copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Pond ice near the Mohawk Riverhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sam_0071-copy.jpgcopyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Bubbles off Tubbs Pond dock, Partridge Run WMA, East Berne NY2020-02-09T15:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/01/31/feeling-your-senses-in-photos-part-2-curls-and-wisps/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1961.jpegIMG_1961_Version 3.jpg copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Closer still.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1961-2.jpegIMG_1961_Version 2.jpg copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020From another angle, the dancing leaves.2020-01-31T02:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/01/22/snowshoe-at-the-plotter-kill-an-interlude/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_2381.jpgIMG_2381 copyright of-the-essence blog 2020Tributary of the Mohawk River, the Plotter Kill (Creek) of January.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_2391.jpgIMG_2391 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2020Along the Red Path above the creek, under the dark trees before more snow.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_2433.jpgIMG_2433 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Waterfalls in the gorge at the Plotter Kill Preserve, Rotterdam, NY2020-01-22T12:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2020/01/14/feeling-your-senses-in-photos-part-1-seed-heads/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1514.jpgIMG_1514 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2020Dried head of Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot), Vischer Ferry Preservehttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1317.jpgIMG_1317 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog, 2020A sparkle blast of sun on seeds, just what we need in the gray winter days2020-01-14T12:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/12/24/solstice-sun/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2117.jpgIMG_2117 Copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Solstice sunset over cornstalks and the hedgerowhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2079.jpgIMG_2079Sunset over the fields, Glenville NYhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2073.jpgIMG_2073 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019December sunset over grasses, Saratoga Spa State Parkhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2098.jpgIMG_2098Frost formed over a creek, Scotia, NY2019-12-24T22:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/12/18/snowflake-cookies-snow-and-ice-and-stars/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6242.jpgIMG_6242 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Stars in bluehttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6582.jpgIMG_6582 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Suspended and surrounded by visible airhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6233.jpgIMG_6233 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Snowflake in cookie formhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2009.jpegIMG_2009_Version 2.jpg, copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Last week's snowflakes on ruby red stag-horn sumac2019-12-18T02:13:24+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/12/10/december-ahimsa-self-compassion/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2069.jpgIMG_2069 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2019Sun, trees, snow, shadows: simple joy for me.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2060.jpgIMG_2060 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2019Snow on a paper wasp nest, high in the trees.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2081.jpgIMG_2081 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Almost-winter sun sinking behind the trees at Saratoga Spa State Park.2019-12-10T11:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/12/03/using-what-you-have-snowstorm-soup/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_1982.jpgIMG_1982 copyright Of-The-Essence BlogTasty warm soup, hurray!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2028.jpegIMG_2028_Version 2 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2019.jpgThe crystal patterns of yesterday's snow: long shards that were light, but broken and folded in on themselves made great snowballs.2019-12-06T11:35:24+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/11/26/look-up/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1748.jpgIMG_1748 copyright Of-The-Essence Blog 2019I looked back and there it was--a bird's nest lit by November sun. Five Rivers, November 2019https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1340.jpgIMG_1340 copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Winter tree shape on white birch bark, Five Rivers, November 20192019-11-26T11:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/11/19/leaf-rock-water/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1747.jpgIMG_1747 Five Rivers copyright Of-the-Essence BlogBeaver Tree Trail on a fine November Saturday, Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, Delmar NY.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1455-sacandaga-lake.jpgIMG_1455 Sacandaga Lake copyright Of-The-Essence BlogUnder the bridge leading into the Great Sacandaga Lake, Northville NY.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1797-five-rivers.jpegIMG_1797 Five Rivers copyright Of-The-Essence BlogScarlet oak leaves in the Vlomankill, Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, November 20192019-11-19T02:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/11/12/unfocusing-and-perspective/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1284.jpgIMG_1284 Copyright Of-the-Essence Blog 2019Looking up instead of at my feet. John Boyd Thacher Park (North), October 2019.2019-11-12T12:54:44+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/11/05/prospect-mountain-view/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1638.jpgIMG_1638 copyright Of-The-Essence BlogLate afternoon sun lights up trees on the way, Prospect Mountain, Lake George NY.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1606.jpgIMG_1606 copyright Of-the-Essence BlogView from the second overlook to Lake Georgehttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1651.jpgIMG_1651 copyright Of-The-Essence BlogLate October view from the top of Prospect Mountain, Lake George, NY.2019-10-29T10:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/10/29/october-milkweed/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1533.jpgIMG_1533 copyright Of-The-Essence BlogMid-October milkweed seeds, Vischer Ferry Preserve2019-10-29T10:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2019/10/23/a-new-beginning-dianes-photo-of-the-week/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1295.jpgNew England asters ready to unfurl in the fall (Vischer Ferry Preserve, Rexford, NY).2019-10-23T21:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2017/07/04/a-dark-and-lovely-night-forest-therapy-talk-at-american-cancer-societys-hope-club-latham-ny/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sam_4690.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2017-07-04T11:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2017/04/23/baby-snapping-turtle-steps/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sam_0050.jpgAnd the sky above....https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sam_3223.jpgPost-March blizzard, curls of heaped snow compete with the curlicues and angles of the library's 1897 architecture.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sam_3638.jpgThis April's first Oxalis (shamrock) with its fuzzy stems, searching out sun at Thacher North.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sam_2824.jpgA nesting eagle pair at Peebles Island State Park, glimpsed on a sunset self-care walk.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sam_6646.jpgPartridge Run Wildlife Management Area, 20162017-04-23T16:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2016/08/08/forest-therapy-walk-august-21st/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sam_3123.jpgYELLOW GOAT'S BEARDYellow goat's beard: to notice the golden and green.2016-08-08T12:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2016/07/06/forest-therapy-walk-announced/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sam_3222.jpgA mandala of bird's foot trefoil: symbol of my new endeavor2016-07-06T23:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2016/06/21/landing-a-tale-of-very-late-spring/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1255.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESA meadow at Hebert Arboretum, Pittsfield MA: one site for our Forest Therapy Guide Training.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1646.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESIridescence of new wingshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1819.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1029.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESTo see leaves from a different angle, differently lit.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1747.jpgVersion 2See the unfurling, straightening, bent wings?https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1826.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sam_1725.jpgVersion 2SAMSUNG CAMERA 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bouquethttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sam_4703.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0231.jpgIMG_0231https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_4841.jpgIMG_4841https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_4770.jpgIMG_4770https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_6733.jpgIMG_67332016-04-26T16:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2016/03/04/nature-art-show-at-emma-thacher-nature-center/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sam_0372.jpgVersion 2Red oak leaf, on the Red Belly Trail, Partridge Run. Come see the other photos I took in that place!2016-03-04T19:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2016/02/13/the-journey-back-from-hidden-pond/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8441.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESBefore I got too freaked out to look--https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8766.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES.
We went back to Hidden Pond the following week; the sky was even more blue, the trees were almost stripped of needles, and thin ice had appeared. https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8547.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESTamaracks, evergreens, and marsh grasses in November sun.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8531.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8534.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8467.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe last bit of clover we saw before winter. Spider busily foraging.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_3818.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESI’d taken pictures of other stalks of mullein, blooming yellow in the summer.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8559.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESRed stem dogwood makes it hard to see Becker Pond.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8537.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESTamarack needles remind me of log jams, dumped sewing needles, fur fluffed in all directions.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sam_8545.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2016-02-13T16:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/12/04/the-summer-affair/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_3226.jpgVersion 2Makes my heart ache.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_1725.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESReady for harvest.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_9809.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_3245.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESBee flirting with borage.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_0619.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDarkness falls, but the sun will return next summer.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_0617.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESNew growth, after disaster.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_3221.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESEarly sun on borage.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_2486.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWillful woodchuck damage.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_2130.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESStriking and delicate blue borage flowers.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sam_8960.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2015-12-04T19:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/02/19/part-the-second-wherein-the-butterfly-drinks-and-i-consider-the-bugs-in-my-living-space/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1873.jpgIMG_1873Chicago Botanic Garden.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1806.jpgIMG_1806A taste of full summer with fountains: Brazilian vervain (verbena), which butterflies come to visit.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1813.jpgIMG_1813Back at the Chicago Botanic Garden, swans with babies, be-ing.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1812.jpgIMG_1812swans being2015-10-10T00:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/02/16/part-the-first-wherein-the-butterfly-arrives/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0943.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDainty Sulphur sips from the edge of a spoon. She really is dainty, isn't she?https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0934-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0879.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSee the C-shaped, rolled up proboscis?https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0875.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDainty Sulphur, drinking!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0875-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0858.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0842.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSure is snowy and blowy out there, isn't it?https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0664.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESMy unexpected visitor.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0656-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESInside, looking out.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_0648.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSun-seeking.2015-10-10T00:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/03/14/part-the-third-wherein-the-butterfly-disappears-and-i-ponder-life-death-and-survival/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_4833-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESA different sulphur, this one either a Pink Edged or Cloudy Sulphur, observed on the slopes of Gore Mountain NY Ski Area, in the fall.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_5934.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESAnother butterfly, this one from summer at Partridge Run: Fritillary.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_4833.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_7427.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESA fritillary of some sort, also at Gore Mountain in the fall.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_4831.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2015-10-10T00:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/05/04/part-the-seventh-wherein-i-leave-town-discover-mistakes-i-have-made-and-worry/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1505.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDainty lists a bit against the red mat.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1512.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESShe is so small on the windowsill.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1384.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESAway, snowshoeing to the base of the frozen sixty foot tall falls at Plotterkill Creek.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1321.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESPine needles on snow, under snow, at the Plotterkill Preserve.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1227.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESBitter, bitter February cold and snow.2015-10-10T00:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/04/02/part-the-fourth-wherein-the-butterfly-disappears-once-again-and-i-think-about-otherness/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_1531-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESMorning and butterflies.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_1496.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESButterfly drinking, head-on.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_1545.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_1523.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_1468.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sam_2314-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2015-10-10T00:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/04/09/part-the-fifth-wherein-i-am-surprised-and-meditate-on-metamorphosis/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_2135-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESA more external metamorphosis, of wood into nutrients.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_2108.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWinter sun in the woods, waiting as things grow and change under the snow.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_1512.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_1506.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_1037-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESResting on the carpet.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_8405.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe original peas with pasta, summer 2014.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_0995.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSurprise! on the bedspread2015-10-10T00:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/04/16/part-the-sixth-wherein-the-butterfly-weakens-and-demonstrates-how-to-live/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_7566.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFebruary bird in snow, outside my windowhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_0053.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESA paschal candle from my spiritual community far away.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_0512-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESChickadee zooming in for a nibble.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_0483-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWinter flight of female cardinals at the feeder.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_0483.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_1672.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESLimbs buried in deep snow at a creek, Partridge Run.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_1484.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sam_1550.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFebruary morning sun over the hill.2015-10-10T00:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/05/21/part-the-eighth-wherein-the-outside-world-grows-harsh-and-i-must-remind-myself-of-lessons-already-learned/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_8024.jpgIMG_8024Monk's Pond at Kripalu, the fall when we were together last.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1590.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sam_1645.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2015-10-10T00:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/06/12/part-the-ninth-wherein-hope-waivers-on-multiple-fronts/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_1517.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFallen sideways, scraggly like the window paint and the snow outside.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_2011.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESYes, the sun rises over the hill.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_1540.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe blur of butterfly in the dark, and a fallen cactus flower.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_4093.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_3524.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESEven where snow has melted, frost covers everything. (Laingsburg, MI)https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_3180.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESEven the wood snow getting dirty: note the woodpecker hole in the fallen piece of bark.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_2061.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_1693.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESConcentrating on seeing the beauty in the dark and white--https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_1667.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWinter sun, and winter sun, and winter sun.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_1978.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESTeresita Fernandez: As Above So Below, Mass MOCA Winter 20152015-10-10T00:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/06/18/part-the-tenth-wherein-the-butterfly-lands/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_9555.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES...and caused me to study the tiny details intently, while I could....https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_9518.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES...blossomed into gorgeous color...https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_9532.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES...and caused me to study the tiny details intently, while I could.....https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_9282.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_9198.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe flower formed.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_8739.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_8090.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe bud formed...https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_7576.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe amaryllis I theorize brought the Dainty Sulphur into my winter apartment.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_7892.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_7419.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWinter bittersweet.2015-10-10T00:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/06/25/part-the-eleventh-wherein-winter-continues-but-color-intervenes-endings-and-beginnings/2015-10-10T00:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/07/04/the-poet-in-the-woods/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_4376.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_4367.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESView through a late 1930s sedan on the W5 Trail, John Boyd Thacher State Park.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_7141.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESIce bubbles in a pond at Partridge Run, December 2014.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_7078.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWinter sun over side of Pickerel Ponds, Partridge Run Wildlife Management Area.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_7036-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe path of the fronds froze in ribbons.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_6993-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESAt the near freezing temperatures, shards of ice and sunlight. Partridge Run.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_6982-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDried flowers, wild like the poet’s hair.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sam_6952.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe lope and pigeon-toed angling of paw prints looks like a bear, but I am still not sure.2015-07-04T10:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2015/02/02/essay-tangles/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9471.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_5872.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9441.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESHow I felt, essays all gnarled and ugly, on my way into the retreat.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9496.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9345.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESThe sun setting on my work, at Still Point Retreat Center.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9373.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9505.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sam_9776.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSee the pretty things hidden in the tangles?2015-02-12T17:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/12/22/a-radio-essay-as-your-holiday-gift/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sam_7998.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESChristmas lights in New York City, 20142014-12-22T18:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/about/2016-04-16T13:12:02+00:00weekly0.6https://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/09/11/holdfasts/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8379.jpgIMG_8379https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8328.jpgIMG_8328https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_4525.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_9306.jpgIMG_9306Fall ivy.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_4017-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFirst sign of growth.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_5875-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_9889-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_7077.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_5111-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESOnto the mortar--https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam_0754.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2014-09-25T18:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/08/27/the-day-of-slow-moving-bees/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0474.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESReflections of red at Fawn Pond.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0686.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESAnd on dirt, too.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0674.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFlowering before dying.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0666-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0843.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESYes, turquoise.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0719-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0748-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0764-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0776.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESTubbs Pond.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sam_0801-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2014-08-28T12:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/07/06/to-be-human/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sam_7390-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDaisy--closed, preparing for bloom.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sam_7337-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESPollen frosted close up of roadside chicory flower.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sam_7355-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sam_7403-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDaisy, full open in morning dew.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sam_7447-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESDragonfly at Partridge Run seen on a recent come-back hike: symbol of (among other things) renewal after hardship, transformation, adaptability, joy and lightness.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sam_7605.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSometimes I felt like this frog at Partridge Run: barely head out of water, plagued by flies.2014-08-14T18:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/02/18/kale-a-palooza/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_9829-version-2.jpgIMG_9829 - Version 2End of season bachelor buttonshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_9832.jpgIMG_9832Beautiful broccoli.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0291.jpgIMG_0291Turkey, kale, carrot, cauliflower soup.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_9836.jpgIMG_9836Late afternoon sun on lacinato kale.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sam_0826.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0234.jpgIMG_0234Thanksgiving with kale au gratin in the background.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sam_0945.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESTurkey, kale, onion, garlic soup.2014-03-16T22:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/01/26/surprises-on-the-path/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_05501.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSubmerged tree: what you can't see, and what the ice reveals.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0523.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESRemains of a paper birch.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0503.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESOne of many ponds at Partridge Run, E. Berne NYhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0327.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0295.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES2014-01-27T23:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2014/01/19/january-thaw/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0550.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0488-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0484.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWoods detritus on ice, in ice.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0472-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFall leaf captured by ice.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0462.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESHarsh angles.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0453.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESIf this were a painting, the brush strokes are magnificent.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0446-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESSoft blobs.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0436.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESBroken glass.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0433.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTUREShttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sam_0428-version-2.jpgSAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESMovement of water captured as it froze.2014-01-27T23:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/11/03/lions-and-tigers-and-peaches-oh-my/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_5970-version-2.jpgIMG_5970 - Version 2Orange newt in thick mud, August, Partridge Runhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_5970.jpgIMG_5970One of many newts in the mud at Partridge Runhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_6036.jpgIMG_6036Yup, there it is. https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_6027.jpgIMG_6027Peace pie, water and sky on the Tubbs Pond dock.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_6015.jpgIMG_6015Bee on the wing in late summerhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_6010.jpgIMG_6010Joe Pye Weed, with a non-lethal creature.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_5983.jpgIMG_59832013-11-22T15:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/09/22/chanting-really-yes/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_6269.jpgIMG_6269Tibetan singing bowl with symbol of wisdom eyes.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_6317.jpgIMG_6317Electric zing of fall color; energy courses through.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_4024.jpgIMG_4024https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_6381.jpgIMG_6381Oscillations of water wash over fall leaves, at Partridge Run, Berne NY.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_5750.jpgIMG_5750Blueberry buckle: crunchy top, tender crumb.2013-09-23T13:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/05/11/to-be-a-student-again-falling-into-the-pond-repeatedly/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2935.jpgIMG_2935Dug and double-dug, compost and mulch added in, planted, marked and covered with sphagnum peat, watered. Growing underground where we can't see it. growth occurring that we can't see yet.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2238.jpgIMG_2238More to come about the food--but here are the staples of broccoli and kale. I ate kale at every meal some days. Yum.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2463-version-2.jpgIMG_2463 - Version 2Monk's Pond, Kripalu Center. Two possible paths in learning, and life: I could worry about stepping perfectly from one broken-down, submerged plank to another, or choose to play, expecting to fall in, enjoying all parts of the exploration of balance.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2829.jpgIMG_2829https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2846-version-2.jpgIMG_2846 - Version 2Rare scarlet trillium, imperfectly framed AND glowing deliciously.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2716.jpgIMG_2716Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, NY. Mineral rich waters bubble out and down the rocks.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2463.jpgIMG_2463Monk's Pond, Kripalu Center. Two paths in learning, and life: One could worry about stepping perfectly from one broken-down, submerged plank to another, or choose to play with balance and just expect to fall in, and enjoy all parts of the exploration.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2352.jpgIMG_2352https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2598.jpgIMG_2598April's full moon, called the Awakening Moon in some traditions, certainly appropriate for this period of learning for me.2013-08-25T01:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/08/16/the-past-preserved/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_5305.jpgIMG_5305This season's blueberries, floating on top of home-made blackberry preserves blended into Greek yogurt.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_1767.jpgIMG_1767Bee balm, brilliant and hopeful.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_5532.jpgIMG_5532Wild geranium from the garden.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_5882.jpgIMG_5882https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_5878.jpgIMG_5878The container that got me to thinking.2013-08-19T13:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/07/21/right-relationship-with-food-lessons-from-kripalu/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_4826.jpgIMG_4826Clouds over the Mohawk River.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_3980.jpgIMG_3980Reflections at Monk's Pondhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_4052.jpgIMG_4052Heavy June rains on peonies outside Swami Kripalu's meditation garden.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_4962.jpgIMG_4962https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_4093.jpgIMG_4093https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_4019.jpgIMG_4019https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_3976.jpgIMG_3976Comfort food after our first practice teach session: spinach fettucine with mushroom cream sauce.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_3943-version-2.jpgIMG_3943 - Version 2Almonds with the yogurt and soaked prunes.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_3932.jpgIMG_3932Cold seaweed salad with toasted sesame oil, fine-chopped broccoli salad, carrot salad too! Must try them all.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_2625.jpgIMG_2625Beets and a cinnamon apple salad.2013-07-24T16:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/05/26/the-ending-of-tulips-and-the-beginning/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3134.jpgIMG_3134Rain splashed these purple rhododendron flowers to the gravel path. Upside down, they glow pretty on the ground. https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3138.jpgIMG_3138the fully exposed center style with a yellow stigma topping it, with two perfectly formed black anthers hanging: the anthers resemble two useless paddle-hands, or two clown feet hanging. Perfectly formed above the anthers, the pistil (the stigma and the style together) that now is bravely unprotected in the garden. /vulnerable/ uncovered/ exposed https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3159.jpgIMG_3159https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3152.jpgIMG_3152https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3146.jpgIMG_3146 the petals wilted into a swirling skirt, rolled frills made of the edges, the ANTHERS ON THEIR FILAMENTS resting on top of the skirt, if the bottom of the green stalk-shaped style were a waist. Dance, movement, now rest.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3148.jpgIMG_3148collapsing lopsided like a blimp or balloon, taking up more width, deflating and yet expanding, a large fabric sheet caught by the wind on one side, taking a bow. free to curl and twist now, as moisture escapes. is the color more or less intense? https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3154-e1369617908374.jpgIMG_3154This is where I need to be right now, not perfect and remarked upon- instead of Oh my isn’t SHE marvelous!, but blown open, curled back, the wind on me, the rain on me, feeling it all and not being afraid of it. https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3153.jpgIMG_3153https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3158.jpgIMG_3158discolored, browning areas showing inevitable desiccation, but even as they slump ground-ward, the petals flow twisted like a woman’s pashmina wrapping around her in a windstorm, sections resting in a different balance from the original.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_3156.jpgIMG_3156like a child hiding under a floppy hat, peek a boo with three anthers a-tumble 2013-05-27T12:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/04/04/sighing-into-spring-and-school/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_2147.jpgIMG_2147Like a boat--or a dock--water softly lapping, the feel of Navasanahttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1843-version-2.jpgIMG_1843 - Version 2Paleo stuffing and sweet potato frieshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1789.jpgIMG_1789Warm spring sunrisehttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1806.jpgIMG_1806Welcoming carving on the Emma Willard School "Alumnae Chapel"https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1808.jpgIMG_1808https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1837-version-2.jpgIMG_1837 - Version 2Spring salad to tease the appetitehttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1882.jpgIMG_1882Winter sunrise over the hill2013-04-04T14:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/03/21/the-value-of-small-things/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1234.jpgIMG_1234https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1275-version-2.jpgIMG_1275 - Version 2https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1591.jpgIMG_1591Snowdrops, Landis Arboretum.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1582.jpgIMG_1582Early crocuses, Landis Arboretum.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1611.jpgIMG_1611Hints of pussywillows to come, Landis Arboretum, Esperance NY.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1023.jpgIMG_1023More shapes reminiscent of Dr. Seuss: a vehicle, a hairstyle, something from down in Who-ville?https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8942-version-2.jpgIMG_8942 - Version 2Lichens galore at Dyken Pond; they loved the damp and cool of December there.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1267.jpgIMG_1267https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1271.jpgIMG_1271https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1012.jpgIMG_1012like a moth emerging under crystals, velvety/downy leaves like bat ears pressing snow between them, and more leaves unfurling, uncurling, not quite identifiable. Out of a hard stem, hardly able to see that it could create a delicate quivering leaflet 2013-03-26T21:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/03/07/carrot-nut-bread-in-the-woods-yoga-and-intention/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0675.jpgIMG_0675Candles in the yoga room; snowy street outside.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1041.jpgIMG_1041https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0940.jpgIMG_0940https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0742.jpgIMG_0742The Long Path, John Boyd Thacher Parkhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0480.jpgIMG_0480Baklava in the snow.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0751.jpgIMG_0751Carrot-Nut Bread on the Long Path.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0467.jpgIMG_0467Snow storm on the Escarpment; Thacher Park.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0973.jpgIMG_0973Little creatures skip along the bumps on their created path, as we can do also.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1001.jpgIMG_10012013-03-11T17:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/02/09/open-to-change-tomatoes/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0653.jpgIMG_0653Highly adapted version of Crema de Elote Soup (no cheese, no milk, waaay more green chilies) from Sundays at the Moosewood.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0216.jpgIMG_0216Vegetarian chili, from The Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0249.jpgIMG_0249Cape Verde Vegetable Soup, from Sundays at the Moosewood, published by The Moosewood Collective.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_02001.jpgIMG_0200Piles of vegetables, including frozen tomatoes, crowd the counter.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0200.jpgIMG_0200https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0202.jpgIMG_0202Frozen tomatoes from the garden--part of the clearing out cooking!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_7031.jpgIMG_7031Tomatoes in salad with carrot, cucumber, sunflower shoots.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_7000.jpgIMG_7000Cherry tomatoes spill over the counter top.2013-03-08T03:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/09/28/mind-out-of-time-writing-and-teapots/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_8544-e1348859299199.jpgIMG_8544My teapot from J, tucked behind an electric kettle and locally crafted mug on a kitchen countertop.2013-02-05T15:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/01/11/to-clean-is-to-wander-is-to-meditate/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0054.jpgIMG_0054The rhododendron blooms are already set January 8th; they need only wait for spring.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0067.jpgIMG_0067Clean colors of evergreen against the snow, Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0101.jpgIMG_0101Tools at hand! my vacuumhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0062.jpgIMG_0062A bit of feather-down, fallen into snow at Dyken Pond.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0114-e1357958347456.jpgIMG_0114Now I can see the art glass bowl, the ceramic lotus, the dried yet still brilliant flowers.2013-02-05T15:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/01/19/choosing-beauty-in-the-every-day-new-dishes/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9969.jpgIMG_9969Moments of startling light.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_6456-version-2.jpgIMG_6456 - Version 2My first plate, resting on the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired placemats.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9873.jpgIMG_9873Ham and lentil soup, toast with cherry preserves, in and on the new disheshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0229.jpgIMG_0229Sausage, green pepper and onion frittata on a Pine Cones pattern from Bennington Pottery.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3321-e1358597999845.jpgIMG_3321A corner of Ella Bontrager's Amish quilt2013-02-05T14:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/02/01/to-plan-a-garden-and-a-life/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_6968.jpgIMG_6968...to make chocolate zucchini cake!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_6961.jpgIMG_6961Last summer's zucchini shredded...https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0337.jpgIMG_0337Seneca Lake warmed by the sun, readying for the end of winter, and then spring!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0429.jpgIMG_0429Finger Lakes vineyard, with Seneca Lake steaming on a 5 degree below zero morning.2013-02-05T14:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2013/01/04/phyllo-and-preparedness/2013-01-09T20:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/12/30/structure-the-old-year-in-pictures/2012-12-30T16:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/12/22/winter-solstice-at-home-with-rice-noodles/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9530.jpgIMG_9530Candle and tea, for the shadowed afternoon.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_92951.jpgIMG_9295Curried chicken, one of my childhood comfort foods, over rice noodles.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9514.jpgIMG_9514Shrimp pad thai, with crushed peanuts and cilantro leaf.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9523.jpgIMG_9523The list of cached freezer food grows shorter.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9504.jpgIMG_9504Almost-official-winter reflections in the Mohawk River, along Niskayuna Bike Pathhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9293.jpgIMG_9293Curried Chicken, one of my top three childhood comfort foods.2012-12-23T04:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/09/01/woodchucks-actual-and-otherwise-part-ii-woodchucks-otherwise/2012-12-15T00:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/08/24/woodchucks-actual-and-otherwise-part-i-woodchucks-actua/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_7035_2.jpgIMG_7035_2the "White Cloud" Cauliflower that pulled through...2012-12-15T00:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/07/27/a-student-syndrome-part-two/2012-12-15T00:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/07/04/a-plus-student-syndrome/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_6400.jpgNOT the perfect appleor the perfect photo of one, either. But it was a delicious small Honeycrisp apple, dewy and resting in my sink, and it proved to be juicy and refreshing.2012-12-15T00:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/12/14/remembering-commodity-cheese/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9065.jpgIMG_9065Broccoli is highlighted in this mac & cheese, along with red and green peppers.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9063.jpgIMG_9063And it's so good heated up the next day, too!https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_9052.jpgIMG_9052Macaroni and Cheese, just after baking2012-12-15T00:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/10/19/washing-dishes/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_7951.jpgIMG_7951https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_7915.jpgIMG_7915October ivyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_7928.jpgIMG_7928To the east, from the kitchen2012-12-15T00:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/10/08/grief-and-green-beans/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/diane-blog-004-e1349711097192.jpgdiane blog 004, vista of Vermont croppedA vista to ponder, Bennington VThttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/diane-blog-003.jpgdiane blog 003, red house in treeshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/diane-blog-002.jpgdiane blog 002, light through yellow treeshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/diane-blog-001.jpgdiane blog 001, view between fall treeshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_7271.jpgIMG_7271/artsy green beanshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_7268.jpgIMG_7268/green bean stringshttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_7265.jpgIMG_7265/pile of green beans2012-12-15T00:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/09/14/living-in-the-moment-friendship/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7093.jpgIMG_7093View from Goodnow Mountain fire towerhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7099.jpgIMG_7099Fire tower at Goodnow Mountain, NY2012-12-15T00:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/12/08/saving-foodwasting-food/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8866.jpgIMG_8866https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8864.jpgIMG_8864J's crazy-cats keep me company.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8862.jpgIMG_8862Kitchen window, cup of tea and colored glass2012-12-09T02:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/11/24/popovers-and-peace-with-myself/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7729.jpgIMG_7729Popover releasing steam, ready for butter and jamhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_77241.jpgIMG_7724Delightful, savory. 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Souphttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7406.jpgIMG_7406Garden Clean-Up Souphttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7358.jpgIMG_7358Cauliflower Curry2012-11-17T01:42:19+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/11/09/a-meditation-on-grilled-cheese/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8374.jpgIMG_8374Just crumbs left, and an empty sweating milk glass.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8369.jpgIMG_8369It's difficult to capture in pictures or words what a gift this sandwich was.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8367.jpgIMG_8367Amazing grilled cheese sandwich2012-11-09T14:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/11/02/confidence-that-i-know-nothing-the-labyrinth/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8275.jpgIMG_8275Seuss-ian soft grass-tops.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8264.jpgIMG_8264A community of grasses accompany you.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8231.jpgIMG_8231One of several trees that greet you.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_8230-cropped.jpgIMG_8230 croppedA far-away view of the labyrinth2012-11-05T01:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/10/25/the-golden-tamaracks/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_8139.jpgIMG_8139Golden Tamaracks in the Adirondack Parkhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_8118.jpgIMG_8118on Route 30, facing Raquette Pond and the Tupper Riverhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_8095.jpgIMG_8095Oxbow Marsh at The Wild Center, Tupper Lake NYhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_8091.jpgIMG_8091Beech leaves, which will stay on the trees all winter, dabbing the snowy landscape with splashes of brown2012-10-26T01:29:03+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/08/03/peas-beautiful-peas/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_6638-copy.jpgSmoky Honey RiceSmoky Honey Rice, showcasing peas.https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_6338-copy.jpgIMG_6338 copyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_6559-copy.jpgPeas in a bowlPeas and where they come fromhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_6089-copyfinal.jpgIMG_6089 copyfinal2012-10-19T22:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/2012/08/17/eating-out-a-light-hearted-post/https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4123-copy.jpgIMG_4123 copyhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4468_21-e1345004588591.jpgIMG_4468_2 croppedhttps://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4468_2.jpgIMG_4468_2https://oftheessenceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_6681-copy.jpgIMG_6681 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