Adams Woods, Concord, Massachusetts
Walking through the spring renewal.
Young leaves all around,
up-there in the crowns, midway to the touch, close to my boots...
Everywhere...
The beauty of growth suffuses breaths, coming to be a part of my body.
And to be right here, in this moment
makes me perceive
the players that sustain the life on this planet...
Ravenswood Park, Gloucester, Massachusetts
High-up in the crowns.
Looks like a perfect place to take a lunch.
It is all about food, so they say. But, is it ?
Perhaps, at the moment.
Where is my scone ?
Adams Woods, Concord, Massachusetts
Early spring comes with burbles and plants that love water.
Trees are still asleep
and
those lowest personas, close to earth, enjoy open sunlight.
Gentle steps...
Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts
Anytime I step into the woods, there is this feeling that I am being watched.
From the branches, behind the rocks and trunks, inside the bushes.
These eyes.
Every so often I see them, more often I don't,
but I know
they are there...
Borderland State Park, Sharon, Massachusetts
Lots of water...
Walking along Leach Pond, Cedars !!!
I love these trees and don't see them often.
So, why are they here ?
Digging into the past, I find the answer.
Poquanticut Cedar Swamp, which is now underneath Leach Pond, was the large White Cedar Swamp.
In the 1820s,
after the Poquanticut Cedar Swamp was clear-cut of all its trees,
General Sheperd Leach mined the swamp for bog iron ore.
After the bog iron was removed,
a natural earthen berm on the south side of the swamp was raised
to make a pond
to provide water for mills in Furnace Village...
AHA !!!!
The nature has adapted and White Cedars paid the price...
