Hues of Nature 1
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Hues of Nature 1

Good day to all! This addition to Earthwise and the Alabaster Horse is the first part of what will become an ongoing series that will appear from time to time showcasing the colors of nature. As far as I am concerned, these are the most beautiful colors. Colors found in nature run the gamut from quiet shades of brown to riotous reds of flaming paintbrush flowers. Nature’s colors cover the whole color spectrum. Pretty amazing. Sometimes you have to peer close to examine the colors, and at other times you are overwhelmed by the brilliant, startling blue of the sky…

Fence Lines
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Fence Lines

It’s the end of May and the beginning of a hot day.  I trudge up the hill, next to a four wire barbed wire fence.  The hawthorne and chokecherry bushes are blooming by the masses.  Their creamy white blossoms create a misty haze where the bushes grow on the hillsides and along the creek bottoms.  The blossom-scent waffles on the air; a faint, sweet wash into my lungs.  I can almost wrap myself in its creamy lace-shawl warmth.  Today I am checking the south fence of the horse pasture.  After a long, cold winter with snowbanks that buried fences in…