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Jul 27, 20230 min read
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Sep 23, 20213 min read
Sept. 23. Shades of autumnal blush & pond-hole inhabitants - To Clematis Hollow
Sept. 23, 1852. P.M. Round by Clematis Brook. .... I observe the rounded tops of the dogwood bushes, scarlet in the distance, on the...
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Sep 19, 20214 min read
Sept. 19. An autumnal tinted Celebration of Life - To Great Meadows
Sept. 19, 1852. P.M. To Great Meadows. .... Observe the effects of frost in particular places. Some blackberry vines are very red. I see...
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Sep 16, 20213 min read
Sept. 16. Wild fruits, including Thoreau's Musketaquid brand grapes - To Hubbard Field & river
Sept. 16, 1852. Thursday. 8 A.M. - To Fair Haven Pond. Since the rains and the sun, great fungi, six inches in diameter, stand in the...
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Sep 12, 20215 min read
Sept. 12. Golden Concord w/ a berry bonanza & bur marigolds study - To Moore's Swamp & Great Field
Sept. 12, 1859. P.M. To Moore's Swamp and Great Fields. …. The four kinds of bidens (frondosa [bur marigold] connata [purple-stem or...
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Sep 10, 20214 min read
Sept. 10. Blood, heat & luxuriance: a purple current in Nature’s veins - To Grape Cliff
Sept. 10, 1851. 3 P. M. To the Cliffs and the Grape Cliff beyond. .... As I go through the woods, I see that the ferns have turned brown...
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Jun 2, 20213 min read
June 2. The soundscape of twilight among unexpected visitors - To Egg Rock at rivers' confluence
June 2, 1860. 8 P.M. Up Assabet. The river is four inches above summer level. A cool evening. A cold, white twilight sky after the air...
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May 18, 20214 min read
May 18. Flying devils, floating wings & feathered waders - Up Sudbury River to Nut Meadow Brook
May 18, 1855. P.M. Boat to Nut Meadow. Large devil’s-needle. .... Saw the yellow-legs feeding on shore. Legs not bright-yellow. Goes...
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May 17, 20214 min read
May 17. A fairyland with floating wisps, red grasses & turtle doves - To Warner's Pond
May 17, 1852. P.M. To Loring’s Pond. Decidedly fair weather at last; a bright, breezy, flowing, washing day. I see that dull-red grass...
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May 16, 20215 min read
May 16. Burgeoning lupines, kaleidoscopic seed bouquets & a conversation with a creeper - To Copan
May 16, 1860. P. M. To Copan and Beck Stow's. 2 P. M. 56 degrees, with a cold east wind. .... Near Peter's I see a small creeper hopping...
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May 15, 20214 min read
May 15. A Thoreau shrine, bountiful blooms & creature encounters - To Beeches at Thoreau Institute
May 15, 1856. P.M. To beeches. At Heywood Spring I see a clumsy woodchuck, now, at 4 P. M., out feeding, gray or grizzly above, brown...
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May 9, 20212 min read
May 9. Keeping a 168-year-old appointment with a bat - Down Sudbury River
May 9, 1853. At sundown paddled up the river. The pump-like note of a stake-driver [American bittern] from the fenny place across the...
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May 3, 20213 min read
May 3. The happy bustle of flooded meadows - To Old North Bridge and Battleground by river.
May 3, 1857. Sunday. A remarkably warm and pleasant morning. A.M. To Battle-Ground by river. I heard the ring of toads at 6 A.M. The...
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Apr 30, 20213 min read
April 30. Exotic raptors & dancing swallows - To Goose Pond
April 30, 1857. Thursday. A.M. Surveying for Farrar and Heywood by Walden. Hear a kingfisher at Goose Pond. Hear again the same bird...
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Apr 29, 20214 min read
April 29. My Mayflower Road with foaming pines & hawk overseer - To Second Division Brook
April 29, 1852. There is a slight haziness on the woods, as I go to Mayflower Road at 2.30 P.M., which advances me further into summer....
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Apr 28, 20214 min read
April 28. The buzz of spring among sweet nectar blooms - To Lindentree Farm and Mt. Misery
April 28, 1860. P. M. To Ed. Hoar's, Lincoln. Warm. 65. The common Salix rostrata [Salix bebbiana, long-beaked willow] on east side...
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
April 21. Abundant life in inhospitable places - To Bateman's Pond
April 21, 1858. P. M. To Easterbrooks's and Bateman's Pond. …. The rocks on the east side of Bateman's Pond are a very good place for...
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Apr 20, 20214 min read
April 20. Creature sounds in phonetics & onomatopoeia - To Moore's Swamp and Sudbury River
April 20, 1854. 4 P.M. To Moore's Swamp. Red maple in a warm place shows anthers, and will open tomorrow if pleasant; say 22d. In the...
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Apr 10, 20214 min read
April 10. Flying rolling-pins, a living statue & emerging keys - Downriver from Carlisle Bridge
April 10, 1852. 8 A. M. Down river to half a mile below Carlisle Bridge.... Having got into the Great Meadows, ... we begin to see ducks...
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Apr 1, 20215 min read
April 1. Transcendent enormity in a tiny Niagara - To Saw Mill Brook
April 1, 1852. 2 P. M. .... Sat awhile before sunset on the rocks in Saw Mill Brook. A brook need not be large to afford us pleasure by...
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