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Monthly Archives: June 2013

BOS to SFO

June 25, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

In the early years of the European conquest of North America, the growth of the marks of their new civilization on this continent grew “organically”. The Native American footpath, the […]

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California, Essay, Nature, photograph, Travel, Words

High Abstractions from the Heartland.

June 24, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

From altitudes that sometimes approach seven miles, jets hurtle across our country. To be privileged to fly in one of these machines gives one of the greatest shows you can […]

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Essay, Nature, photograph, Travel

California is a Garden of Eden Sextet.

June 23, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

As Woody Guthrie sings, “California is a Garden of Eden.” Castroville’s Garden of Edenishness is artichokes. It was surprising to see a colony of ground squirrels in rocks at the […]

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California, Color, Essay, Nature, photograph, Travel

Pinnacles

June 22, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

If you like peak experiences, California has plenty of them. Our peak destination was the “Pinnacles”. We left the Prunederosa Ranch early one morning, picked up a couple of young […]

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California, Essay, Nature, photograph, Travel

California Septet

June 19, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

There are still a few Maine posts, lurking in the wings, but California beckoned. Well, it didn’t really beckon, it was planned for months ago. There’s not really time to […]

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California, photograph, Travel, Uncategorized

Olio Sextet Folio

June 12, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

If you make a lot of pictures, there are always images you want to use, but which find themselves tossed back into the main photo folder after a ‘post project. […]

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Art, Essay, photograph, Route 28, Travel

The Gaffney Peachoid It’s Not.

June 11, 2013by tompostpile 2 Comments

If you’re going “Away” for more than a day, and want to drive to the ferry, one place you can leave your car is at the Tisbury “Park and Ride” […]

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Color, Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, What can you see in???

Nancy asked, “What are you, a Moosogynist?”.

June 10, 2013by tompostpile 5 Comments

Why did she ask that question? Because of a “poem” and a picture. Here’s the “poem”   I never saw a Purple Moose. I Never hope to see One. But […]

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Essay, Maine, Nature, photograph, Travel

Up Close and Personal with Late May Maine.

June 9, 2013by tompostpile 4 Comments

One of the pleasures of travel to a new place is that you get to see with “fresh eyes”. That’s what happened on the recent trip to Maine. The was […]

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Essay, Gardening, Maine, Nature, photograph, Travel

Lichen Maine

June 8, 2013by tompostpile 3 Comments

The next time you’re in the woods, somewhere in Maine, and you see this particular (enormous) rock, you should take the time to climb up the ridge right behind it. […]

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Essay, Maine, Nature, photograph

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