Six photos each from walks to five nearby spots (all in New Hampshire) between 15 March and 27 March, during the global Covid-19 pandemic. At most of these spots we’ve seen very few to no other people and we’ve all kept a good distance from each other while waving or saying hello. #getoutdoors !
snow and Japanese lantern in the alpine garden – 15 Marchice sheets in Lake Sunapee – 15 Marchheaths or heathers in the alpine garden – 27 Marchblooming pink heather in the alpine garden – 27 Marchrhododendrons, stone walls, snow in the old garden – 27 MarchAndrena bees (maybe A. frigida) – male miner bees — two of a couple dozen on or near the ground near the convergence of a stream and lake – 27 March
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local lake (16, 18, and 23 March)
lake under feathered ice – 16 Marchsnowdrop flowers (in same yard as crocuses, below) – 16 Marchfrozen lake with Mt. Kearsarge view – 16 Marchcrocuses in someone’s yard – the first I’ve seen this year – 18 Marchbeach area – 28 Marchisland on a grey snowy day – 23 March
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local cemetery (22 March)
my favourite headstoneblueberry shrubs on either side of the Lauridsen stonebird statue on the LaDouceur headstonedead shrewgiant cedar tree among gravessmall bird’s nest found on ground and placed in shrub branches
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local bog (18 March)
goldthread, moss, maybe lichenin places the boardwalk and trail were snowy or icypeat mosses and snowberrythe bog with red peat moss and spruce treesred peat moss and cranberriesbog marigold starting to emerge
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local nature park (21 March)
sign at entrance inviting us to a vernal pool party … soon … I haven’t heard the peepers here yet, and the vernal pools are mostly still frozenstill frozen vernal poolrock with quartz, granite, and other kinds of materialslime moldrock swollen maple budsmy camera was accidentally on “pro” mode and took this landscape shot
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Thanks for visiting these beautiful and fairly isolated spots with me — and for keeping your social distance.
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Featured image: sneaking another photo from The Fells in, with my favourite prostrate spruce shrub in the alpine garden.
Stone walls and alpine gardens, two of my favorite things to see photos of! Keep turkey vulture distance apart! I love that! The grocery store has colored tape on the floor at the check-out for the “turkeys” that don’t know how far 6′ apart is! There is tape outside too, making me think there are long lines the morning after they stock hot items!
It was about 50 here yesterday and today, but highs for the next 10 days are in the 30s and 40s with lows in the 20s and 30s. We got 6 inches of snow this week, most of it melts, then it refreezes. Expecting snow, sleet, and rain tomorrow.
And today it’s 38F and raining all day. We have a fire going and are reading, cooking, baking, lolling about. I don’t know what the cedar is, but eastern red is good guess.
It will be in the 60s today, which is a bit cool. I intend to experience a normal winter eventually, but I do not think I would want to live with it for long. I don’t really know, it could be fun.
Eastern red cedar is considered to be common within its native range. In some regions, it is less than desirable. I just happen to like it because it is exotic to me. There are two here. I can see why some dislike them, but I still think they are rad!
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Gorgeous walks. Surprised to see all that snow but then bees out. Loved the heather especially.
Stone walls and alpine gardens, two of my favorite things to see photos of! Keep turkey vulture distance apart! I love that! The grocery store has colored tape on the floor at the check-out for the “turkeys” that don’t know how far 6′ apart is! There is tape outside too, making me think there are long lines the morning after they stock hot items!
It’s still obviously quite cold where you are ( much colder than we ever experience here) and the snowy/ icy photos have special appeal for me.
It was about 50 here yesterday and today, but highs for the next 10 days are in the 30s and 40s with lows in the 20s and 30s. We got 6 inches of snow this week, most of it melts, then it refreezes. Expecting snow, sleet, and rain tomorrow.
Which bog is that? Would love to go. Thanks for lovely photos!
Philbrick Cricenti Bog in New London NH, Bara.
All that ice and snow! My. I would have no problem isolating in that weather.
Is that big cedar an Eastern red cedar?
And today it’s 38F and raining all day. We have a fire going and are reading, cooking, baking, lolling about. I don’t know what the cedar is, but eastern red is good guess.
It will be in the 60s today, which is a bit cool. I intend to experience a normal winter eventually, but I do not think I would want to live with it for long. I don’t really know, it could be fun.
Eastern red cedar is considered to be common within its native range. In some regions, it is less than desirable. I just happen to like it because it is exotic to me. There are two here. I can see why some dislike them, but I still think they are rad!
Gorgeous walks. Surprised to see all that snow but then bees out. Loved the heather especially.
They’re our super early bees!