Category Archives: Nature

UnBEElievable!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Ron Haines

This massive beehive, complete with buzzing inhabitants I didn’t get close enough to for you to see in the photo, was along the shore on Fisheating Creek, a lovely waterway that winds through extensive cypress swamps and hardwood forest hammocks … Continue reading →

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Paddling the Dedham Trail (without the rain this time)

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Ron Haines

Yesterday 12 of us paddled the Dedham Water Trail in Dedham, MA. The sky was blue, the sun bright, temps reached the ‘70’s and IT DID NOT RAIN.  (It was a great contrast to my soggy trip around the loop … Continue reading →

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Some words just look silly in print…

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Ron Haines

(And they also look out of focus, darn it!)  This park is in Fitzwilliam, NH, and best visited in mid-July, when the 16-acre grove of Rhododendron Maximum bursts into fragrant clusters of pink blossoms.

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The alligators in Connecticut are made of plastic

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Ron Haines

Spotted today on Lower Bolton Pond, Bolton, CT.

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When you’ve got an itch….

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Ron Haines

At Rainbow Reservoir on the Farmington River, Windsor, CT.   And a few more photos:

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Back on the water, finally!

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Ron Haines

Between having to use a rental car (because of Ouch!) that I couldn’t pull a trailer with and a bout of the slight fever/feeling blah crap, I hadn’t been out in the canoe for nearly two weeks. Put an end … Continue reading →

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An almost empty tank means it’s time to go paddling in Massachusetts

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Ron Haines

Unsettled weather the past week cancelled out two of the paddles I wanted to do, so when the sun came out I was eager to get going. I did short stretches of both the Pachaug and the Chicopee rivers, the … Continue reading →

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Finding fellow canoeists on a woodsy paddle in the Boston suburbs

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Ron Haines

After a couple years of traveling in a plastic armada of kayaks on paddle trips with various groups in Florida and the Northeast, my vintage Grumman aluminum canoe had the pleasure of the company of five other canoes on a … Continue reading →

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Another recycled gas station…and baby swans.

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Ron Haines

Right near the launch site during a recent paddle on the Connecticut River near Gill, Massachusetts, I found another treasured old gas station, this one recycled into Riverside Healing and Bodyworks. I couldn’t resist taking a photo to add to … Continue reading →

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Capturing the Blue Heron

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Ron Haines

Getting a decent photo of a blue heron is a piece of cake in Florida compared to up here in the northeast. Here they are generally very leery of humans and fly away when you try to get close. In … Continue reading →

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