Tag: newport
group name: naturegeek
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March 14, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
...to paraphrase Mr. Zimmerman.
Watching the clouds roll through off Easton's Beach this morning.
And for all that it never did rain!
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October 14, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
As I've noted before, because of the effect of the Atlantic Ocean, and especially the Gulf Stream, on Newport, we don't get the magnificent Fall foliage that they get inland. We do get some color, . . .
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November 22, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
I went out for a walk down to my favorite hangouts in the south end of Newport this morning, and I discovered that the Beeches have finally changed color. Hooray! Of course, the Maples have been changing . . .
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January 28, 2008 05:30 PM EST --
We had a nor'easter blow through overnight that left a little snow - an inch or two. I had stuff to do at the computer today, but I decided to take a quick run down to Ballard Park to look at what . . .
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February 15, 2008 04:55 PM EST --
"I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung . . .
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March 03, 2008 05:07 PM EST --
Low tide here was at 10:14 am. I decided to include a walk on the beach as part of my walk to the grocery store this morning. This is what I saw.
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March 11, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
I took a walk down to the beach and back this morning. These are some of the things that caught my eye.
Easter is so early this year that I was wondering if there would be any Spring flowers up in . . .
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April 02, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
I decided to go for a walk on the Cliff Walk today. It was sunny but very, very windy. I had planned to start the hike with a walk on Easton's Beach, but the wind on the beach was so bad that I decided . . .
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October 04, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
My day off and I head right for my old stomping grounds to shake off the stress of the week. Here are some of the pictures I took on my walk.
In Ballard Park the main path in the northern part of the . . .
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January 12, 2008 07:51 PM EST --
I was on my usual walk today, but when I got down to the Green Bridge I heard noise ocean-ward, and when I looked over there I saw that the surf was up. LOL!!! That decided the rest of my hike - I headed . . .
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December 21, 2007 05:40 PM EST --
We got some minor snow in the past week, but I haven't had a chance to go photograph it in my favorite spots because I was working the whole time. I was off today and I figured I'd better get . . .
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February 06, 2008 03:12 PM EST --
Let's go walk on First Beach on a foggy Winter's morning.
Now it's time to go back home for lunch and a nice hot cup of tea.
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May 05, 2008 06:16 PM EDT --
I went down to Big Pond today to see if I could find that Snapper again, but still no luck. But I got a lot of other interesting shots there, as well as on the Cliff Walk a little later.
While walking . . .
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February 23, 2008 05:38 PM EST --
We had some snow/sleet/freezing rain yesterday, so today I went down to my spiritual home to see what effect was achieved by Mama Gaiea's brush. Unfortunately a lot of people and their dogs had been . . .
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January 31, 2008 06:46 PM EST --
Ah, yes! Today was another duck day. It started out on Gooseneck Cove with the usual Mallards, and ended up on the Cliff Walk once again.
The guy from AAA was taking a break in his truck on Hazard . . .
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December 20, 2007 09:47 AM EST --
Some of the shots I used in my Winter Solstice video come from my pre-digital camera days, and they still seem to hold up, althought they tend to be grainier than I remember (some of them were shot at . . .
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January 08, 2008 07:15 PM EST --
I was all set to do laundry today until I heard the weather forecast - mostly sunny and warm, with the high temps approaching 60. so naturally I heard the call of the wild and decided the laundry could . . .
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January 18, 2008 04:43 PM EST --
Yesterday I went down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove, but there wasn't really anything new to shoot. But down on Hazard Rd. by the Cove one of my fellow birders, a kid who drives a truck for AAA, . . .
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February 28, 2008 06:39 PM EST --
I had another outing with the Raynox telephoto lens today. You know what? I think I'm getting the hang of this thing! Even though it was a bright, sunny day, I still got great, detailed shots with . . .
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November 11, 2007 05:38 PM EST --
I had today off; a Sunday off for me is a rarity. It was our first seriously chilly day - when I first set out around 8:30 it was about 28 degrees, and in the course of the day it never got out of the . . .
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