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Solitude in Cross Creek Ranch
A rare thing happened last week. My two year old came home from daycare and went to sleep. Suddenly, we had spare time. I offered my husband first rights of refusal, but he wanted to stay home. Not me. I left and headed out to my favorite place, the wetlands at Cross Creek Ranch. I out…
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2015: To Sum, and What’s to Come
Last Christmas, my mom gave me this journal in the above photo, and it turned out to be my favorite item of the entire year. I carried that with me during all my outdoor adventures and checked off all the birds I saw during the year on the master list in the back, as well…
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Sahalie and Koosah Falls: The One-Hour Five-Minute Hike
These pictures are from a hike we took more than a month ago, while we were making our way through Oregon to get to my work conference. I haven’t had time to tell the stories, though, because that baby pretty much demands most of my time at home. As a matter of example, I have…
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Mother Nature’s Son
Paradise Campground, Oregon. Sebastian is hungry, so we stop. As a mother, there are a lot of uncomfortable places and ways to feed your baby, but there are also some moments where it just feels right. In this moment, I felt connected to the outside world, a part of the living cycle in which things…