From the old schoolhouse across the river…

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The last snow of winter (to be followed in short order by the first of spring) falls on warm ground, compressing the usual pastel rainbow to just a couple of hues:

oak leaf and asphalt

oak leaf and brick

oak leaf and asphalt

deer leavings

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High-tech tools and toys are not the subject matter of this blog. Our focus here is on appreciation and conservation—stewardship and enjoyment—of nature in general, and these 88 (usually) submerged acres and their riparian and littoral surroundings in particular.

They are, however, not unconnected. […]