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Posted by admin to animals, friends, hiking, roses, seeds, walk, work on 2008-03-05, 07:38:00

28*, 83% humidity, calm wind, mostly cloudy, FLOOD WARNING I've been pleasantly worn out the past couple of days. Not the kind of worn out that comes from sitting at a desk for 16 hour stretches at work, brain dead, wishing to be anywhere but there and then not being able to sleep. But the kind of worn feeling you get after a good day of hiking, where your body is moving, that makes you sleep

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Posted by admin to American Pie, farm, photos, roses, trees, walk on 2008-01-29, 12:50:00

I think it is an Oliver Corn Picker, but I'm not a farmer so I don't know about farm equipment. I found it off trail in the woods round here on my morning walk. Its been here a little while as trees and brier roses have grown up around it.

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Posted by admin to bugs, fruit, leaves, links, orange, photos, shrubs, trees, walk on 2007-11-13, 08:36:00

I was taking a walk at the park this morning when I came across this interesting fruit scattered about on the ground. to me, they look rather like brains. I had seen this over at the farm store sold as "Hedge Apple" and reputed to keep spiders and fleas out of your house. It has no odor and I doubt it could keep anything away. On further inspection I discovered that it doesn't come from a shrub