Category Archives: Photos mostly

Those creepy things again

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Ron Haines

I’ve written about these things before.  But that was when I saw them up north.  I don’t know why I’d never seen them in the south, or why it never occurred to me they would be down here.  I guess … Continue reading →

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When you’ve got at itch…it’s nice to have Mom handy

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Ron Haines

A young wood stork gets an itch scratched by an attending parent out at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands.  The place is overrun with wood storks, their nests and their babies right now. The anhingas come in a far second in nesting … Continue reading →

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Swamp cabbage and Arbuckle Creek

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Ron Haines

I combined two of my sweet spots on Saturday:  A paddle in a nice place and a visit to an offbeat festival.  And because this was all in rural south-central Florida I was even on some roads I’d never traveled … Continue reading →

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Gone before I could get there

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Ron Haines

I recently drove over to Fisheating Creek for a paddle with the alligators and planned on stopping in at an interesting rural country store/restaurant for a late lunch in nearby, very small, Palmdale, Florida (population just under 600). The Florida … Continue reading →

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Mooned by a blue heron

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Ron Haines

This is the first time I’ve been mooned by a blue heron.  This one is on Pine Acres Lake, a small, shallow body of water near the eastern Connecticut town of Hampton. It’s beginning to get chilly up here now, … Continue reading →

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Big holes in big trees

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Ron Haines

As much as one might abhor the thoughtless touristy tradition of driving through a hole that’s been hacked into a majestic redwood tree, one has to admit that the iconic photo of a car doing just that has planted the … Continue reading →

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First a moose, now an elk!

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Ron Haines

What a summer it’s been! First a I saw a moose in the water in northern New Hampshire, and now an elk in the wild in northern California. Spotting the moose  required lots of planning and patience, getting up one … Continue reading →

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Contoocook for the Fourth once again

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Ron Haines

Made it to the Fourth of July parade in Contoocook, NH, again this year.  I missed it last year because the Fourth fell on a Saturday, and I go trash paddling on the first Saturday of the month.  I did … Continue reading →

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The mural of the story

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Ron Haines

I drove through Lakeland, Georgia, a while ago on my way to somewhere and spotted a large painting on the side of one of the buildings. I turned off the main drag and came around the block to take another … Continue reading →

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First paddle of my northeast season

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Ron Haines

With temps hovering just below 60 and bright sunny skies I bent my Northeast paddling standards (I generally stay inside until it gets way closer to 70) and spent a pleasant few hours with some friends from the Western Mass paddling group … Continue reading →

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