The river that flows through town is largely dry except for some pools of very warm, greenish water. So where do the fish, river otters, mink and beavers go? A shallow pool. Had hoped for some rain from tropical storm Hermine but only got a couple of brief showers that barely made the ground wet.…
This place. It has held my spirit more times than I can count. There is just something about the calm aliveness that is here. Even on this raw spring day the unfolding of green life is palpable. The sound of the flowing water pulls me out of my mind to be present, to smell the…
I am continually fascinated by how ice transforms the ordinary into art.
It didn’t matter that my toes and fingers were numb from the cold. Nature’s peace warmed my heart.
My stress always descends along with the flow of the river when I walk here. The Cocheco River will descend about 300 feet to the sea. The leaves have descended to the earth and we are descending quickly toward winter – with early snow showers in the forecast for tomorrow. WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge –…
River roars with snow, carrying winter to sea. Green warmth will soon spread.
Rituals are reassuring. The snow is mostly melted so we were able to park our car on the side of the road to go and visit the river. My river. My go to place to feel happy and to feel connected to the earth. The river has been running high the past couple weeks, full…
For me, when I walk along the Cocheco I am in a place that I can feel and sense much more than is readily visible. It is a place that grounds me when I am feeling overwhelmed by grief or self-pity or just the drowning busyness of day-to-day life. It was just what I needed…
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