Tag Archives: Bobs Lake

Tableland 2

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Peri McQuay

Today, however, when I reached the part of the trail where I had been stopped, I could follow on until I came to a very different, more pastoral landscape. Here I crossed among rolling hills and strode down into groves, … Continue reading →

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The Table Land

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Peri McQuay

On a bitter, wintry day I walked up onto the Tableland to have a look at the beginnings of things. Any day now, the snow would come. Already there was a dusting in crevices and on a few dark green … Continue reading →

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Dreamtime

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Peri McQuay

Dreamtime. This is the welcome time, hovering between Autumn and Winter. The gardens have been put to bed under a blanket of leaves. Even the lingering golden asparagus fronds have been clipped and burned. Next week, with the end of … Continue reading →

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Signs of Autumn

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Peri McQuay

Yesterday afternoon, both wanting and not wanting to find signs of autumn, I climbed the big hill beyond our valley and walked on through the woods to the nearest heron pond. When we first came here a decade ago, this … Continue reading →

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Counting Wildflowers

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Peri McQuay

Counting wildflowers is a game we’ve been playing since we lived at the Foley Mountain Conservation Area where we used it as an excuse to visit a special wetland where the cardinal flowers bloom. Now we live at Singing Meadow … Continue reading →

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