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I shot this in Quebec, before we finally got snow. I took a lot of photos of trees on our various hikes. This path through a stand of conifers had a mysterious, dreamlike quality. I believe the trees are pines and … Continue reading →

Feast your eyes on these beautiful eggplants, which I believe are the “graffiti” variety. Whatever they are, even in December they looked so pretty and fresh on display at the Adonis Middle Eastern market near Montreal. My husband, who was born … Continue reading →

We have returned from spending a most welcome, snowy holiday in Quebec. We had a storm a couple of days after Christmas, which made everything considerably more festive. The fields were bleak, visited by crows and a few snow buntings. But inside, it … Continue reading →

It has been so warm here in RI this December that the ferns are still looking mighty healthy on this boulder. If you get in very close, you can see they are just a teeny bit brown – but still. … Continue reading →

This, my friends, is Digging RI’s 500th post. Hard to believe, especially for me. There have been many times that I have wanted to chuck the blog altogether, but I have stuck with it through the years and here I am, … Continue reading →

The house in the photo is actually gray. The dawn light was so golden and pink this morning that it bathed everything in magical colors for a little while. Early risers get to experience these moments, even in December. The … Continue reading →

This is Narragansett Beach on Thanksgiving Day. It was 62F, and some people decided to mark the holiday by going for a swim – without wetsuits. There was a lot of hollering. Fidgit took a dip in one of the … Continue reading →

I enjoy growing miniature orchids and this is one of my tiniest. Tubocentron Hsinying Girl is only about an inch tall (!)  and lives on my kitchen on a southeast-facing windowsill. It is just now beginning to bloom, and should … Continue reading →

This is the Ichetucknee River, not far from Gainesville, Florida. As a participant in this year’s McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute, I not only got to see it, I got to paddle it. We began our river trip here, at the … Continue reading →

 I have these photos I took recently in New York, but they don’t fit in a specific post, so I thought I would indulge in a photo dump. I hope you don’t mind. The above image is of the Brooklyn … Continue reading →