Hiking Nature

Friday, August 22, 2008

I have long suspected that the alligator snapper resides at Radnor Lake, but I have no evidence to present. There was, however, some convincing hearsay from a nurse walking on Otter Creek Road with her young daughter. She confidently answered a couple of questions about a supposedly amazing, huge turtle sighting […]

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
On my way up so-called “hill1” – the climb on the South Cove Trail nearest to the west (Granny White side) parking lot, I came upon a juvenile eastern box turtle. The appearance of baby turtles is interesting in that it differs significantly from the adult in color and shape, and […]

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All photos in this post were taken at Nashville’s Radnor Lake and edited on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 by Stephen Frasier using an Olympus Stylus 790 SW and Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks MX 2004; author’s email is stephen [at] bestWebNashville [dot] com

Now that the summer heat has set in, hiking early in the morning is an […]

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Upon awakening, I found that my desire to hike on this cold day had faded. I was actually considering cancelling this afternoon’s planned hike. A couple of hours later, I was looking forward to it. A hearty thanks goes out to my shrink and his prescription pad.
After reading a few pages of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, I looked […]

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