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08-23-2019, 04:07 PM | #63 | ||||||
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Garry,
Sorry to hear about your Gordon. Hope it will work out. The sign that hunting is around the corner--my Gordon starts getting a bunch of stick tights and other seed heads in her hair on our little hikes. The evening temps are dropping into the 50s and the forecast has a cold front coming in a day or two before 1 Sept. Of course, elk muzzle loading season is getting closer. The aspens at 10,000' will be turning when we get in and just about a full golden color when we head out 10 days later. Ken |
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08-24-2019, 10:26 PM | #64 | |||||||
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Ted, this is the inscription in my copy of "Upland Game Shooting" by Betton. .
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08-25-2019, 09:56 AM | #65 | ||||||
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In Maine here, not only are the swamp maples taking on the reds, yellows and pinks of the coming Autumn but the lake here just a half hour after sunrise was covered by cottony streamers and small clouds of vapor lifting from the warm water into the cold air.
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08-25-2019, 09:58 AM | #66 | ||||||
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one more.
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08-25-2019, 10:24 AM | #67 | ||||||
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Here in central mass the hummingbirds are getting more active at the feeder — apparently fattening up for the migration south
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08-25-2019, 03:19 PM | #68 | ||||||
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Dean, those photos are beautiful. There's nothing quite like the seasons changing -- especially when the next one reveals itself through subtle hints.
This morning we went to the farm to finish up some work. The day was cool and damp, and the sky filled with low clouds. Days like this concentrate color, and I had to stop (in the road!) to take this photo of wild sunflowers. The photo does not do this field justice. It is about 20-30 acres of vivid yellow, made more intense by the low clouds. I've been seeing lots of dove. Still deciding which gun to use for the opener next Sunday.
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08-25-2019, 05:52 PM | #69 | ||||||
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So where is that field exactly? LOL
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08-25-2019, 06:20 PM | #70 | ||||||
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Sept. 1st, opening of dove season. To me this signals the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Now the only decision to make is what long barreled smallbore to take. Just kidding, the 30" 28ga VHE is already on the top of the list.
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