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Tag: Snow

  • Wild Serenity

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    Fred D
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    Tucked away in the Smokies, each day we delight in unexpected visits from neighbors who have roamed these forests for eons. Gracefully wandering the woodlands, the gentle Odocoileus virginianus are among our favorites. Today a family’s silent, streamside  procession in the fallen snow was yet another blessing to enjoy. We R Blessed . . .…

  • Fall > Winter in One Day

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    Fred D
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    My oldest daughter Karin spent few happy days together with us 2 ole duffers last week. She got to see Smoky Mountains spectacular fall colors and the pristine beauty of winter’s first snow on the mountain tops in the same day. Here’s a few pics what was ours to enjoy in the special corner of…

  • Creation on Steroids

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    Fred D
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    5,000 words in 5 pics . . . and some people ask why I love Alaska “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork” – Psalms19:1 His Goodness runs after me . . . I M Blessed . . . May U B 2

  • Moose Camp

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    Fred D
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    The refrain of the contemporary hymn His Goodness echos in my thoughts testifying that, despite myself,  “His Goodness continues to run after me” . . . what an amazing omnipotent, all loving, all forgiving God is ours!  This past weekend I was blessed to spend some long overdue catch-up time with my special friend Daryl…

  • Snow-er-cise

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    Fred D
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    Other than the Smoky Mountain’s peaks, unlike the Last Frontier, snow is not a frequent meteorological phenomenon in TN. Yesterday winter showed up and we were blanketed in 4 inches of snowflakes . . . Beautiful! Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no…

  • Too Cold ???

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    Fred D
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    The Arctic freeze has descended on Tennessee. Up here on the mountain – down in the ‘holler’ – over the ‘crick’ we awoke to a damp-cold winter wonderland of 4-degree pristine snow. It sparked a tinge of homesickness for the Last Frontier’s sub-zero, dry-cold winter wonderland. Truth be known, there’s no such thing as Too…

  • S.N.O.W. Therapy

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    Fred D
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    “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This one from This Day Pictures app popped up my computer today. It triggered a hundred thousand words worth of memories of a solo snowshoe trek ten years ago high up in Alaska’s Talkeetna Range. Snowshoes hushed shush over a white landscape is a clam like none other…

  • Drizzly Day Wander

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    Fred D
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    Drizzly days disperse sunny day shadows casting the landscape with a muted, impressionist, Monet haze.   Such was mine on a wilderness wander up Castle Mountain today. Other than an unexpected spill crossing  a swamp  . . . resulting in an ‘invigorating’ mud bath . . . it was an tranquil, color splashed antithesis to…

  • Frigid Fun

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    Fred D
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    The thermometer registered an ‘invigorating’ minus 15 when sun peeked above the horizon at 9:30 AM today, but by 11 AM has risen to a ‘balmy’ minus 5 😊 Noting the impending heat wave, Grant and I layered-up headed out to romp through the wilderness around Girdwood, AK, where lotsa’ white stuff has fallen. We…

  • Happiness is . . .

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    Fred D
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    Happiness is zero degrees and a pair of skis . . . gliding over a wilderness lake, snow whispering beneath, winter’s sun above sinking behind distant mountain monarchs . . . Life is Good! . . . wish you could have joined me. “He gives snow like wool; He scatter the frost like ashes.” –…