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  • To Fall in Love with Place

    To Fall in Love with Place

    Thoughtful Thursday

    Ok, It really is not that hard. Relax…

    Congaree National Park, Hopkins, South Carolina

    After reading “The Ecology of A Cracker Childhood” by Janisse Ray, (Great book! I recommend it!), I began to notice these magnificent trees were all around Georgia, not just in the state parks.

    Thursday Trees: Land of the Long Leaf Pine

    Recently I met Janisse and her husband, Raven Waters along with John “Crawfish” Crawford in Savannah as a part of Ossabaw Island, Personal Encounters with the Georgia Coast. It was an incredible four hours class session by #seniorcitizensinc #thelearningcenter on knowing, seeing, experiencing and loving a place, in this case Ossabaw Island. She challenged us to fall in love with “place”, write poetry about “place”, and to listen how others tell of their connection to a place. My poem I will share in another blog post.

    Please visit Janisse Ray on facebook, instagram, twitter.

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    Young LongLeaf Pine at Hitchcock Woods, Aiken, South Carolina

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  • Sunday Stills: Look Up, The Mighty Longleaf

    Sunday Stills: Look Up, The Mighty Longleaf

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    Have you touched a 471 year old tree before? Mighty LongLeaf Pine trees live to over 300 plus years. Unfortunately most had been cut down by 1920. They are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the US today. When ever you find yourself near a LongLeaf, get close, reach out, look up and say “Hi” to one of the oldest living things you may ever meet.

    Congaree National Park Longleaf Pine

    Sunday Stills: Under The Trees

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  • Wildlife: Reptile – Lonely Turtle

    Wildlife: Reptile – Lonely Turtle

    Traveling along the Boardwalk Trail towards the overlook of Weston Lake, I said to Neal that it surprised me a little how we were walking in a national park near all this water and had not seen a single turtle. This was during our visit to Congaree National Park in February.

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    Not soon after that we saw little turtle sitting all by himself.

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    He happened to be the only one we encountered all day.

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  • Squirrly’s World: Hanging out in a National Park

    Squirrly’s World: Hanging out in a National Park

    Squirrel in the wild

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    Squirrly here. Like some of you I had to get out of the city and back to nature! Did you know the National Parks are open to everyone? I had to go and find out for myself.

    Wow! All this open space and so many trees! A squirrel’s paradise I say. I could really get use to not having so many people around… What…? Quiet…! Someone is headed this way.

    Oh no! That photographer follows me everywhere! No candid camera shots today. Sorry guy, I gotta run. Find some me time in the forest!

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  • Wildlife: Reptile – Snake by Lake Weston

    Wildlife: Reptile – Snake by Lake Weston

    Six Word Saturday

    Red-bellied Watersnake on Lake Weston, Congaree National Park, South Carolina.

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    Standing at the overlook of Weston Lake. I think we stood there about ten minutes. We greet and enjoy a brief conversation with other National Parks nerds, when they call us back to the same spot and pointed down branches in the water.

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    Yes, this beauty was silently sunning on those branches. He perfectly blended in!

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  • Wordless Wednesday: Social Distancing at Congaree National Park

    Wordless Wednesday: Social Distancing at Congaree National Park

    Congaree National Park, Hopkins, South Carolina

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    So how are you doing to committing in Social Distancing? Tell me about. Share a little. ##socialdistancing ##shareaphoto ##shareastory

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    Lake Weston is an oxbow lake.
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