“What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?”
-John Steinbeck
I took these photos the day after the second nor easter dumped 19.5 inches of the white stuff on us.
The Aftermath
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It’s Blowing And Snowing!
Call me crazy, but in the middle of our second nor easter in a week, I decided to head outside to take some pictures. The storm was raging and even though It was dark and I was more than a wee bit cold, I braved the elements to get these pictures!
In the moments when the wind slowed to a dull roar, being outside in the snow was very peaceful. The sound of the snow falling provided me with a sense of peace and some tranquility.
Croton Falls Diverting Dam
With the copious amounts of rain and snow that we have received recently, our reservoirs are full and they have reached their peak and are now overflowing.
Approximately 10 Miles from my house is the Croton Falls Diverting Dam. Only a few times a year are we given the privilege of seeing the reservoirs water cascade over into the spillway.
The Start Of The Best Time Of The Year
”Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
-Benjamin Franklin
Tonight marks the beginning of the best time of the year. At 2 am Sunday morning, we move the clocks ahead an hour. For those of us who cherish being outdoors, this means an extra hour of daylight to do what we love to do. While most folks bemoan the loss of an hour of sleep, I see it as an opportunity. An opportunity for adventure!
Instead of coming home every day and climbing on my stationary bike, the extra hour of light means that I’ll be able to head out to Ward Pound Ridge for a hike. If only for a few miles, being outside to witness the change from winter to spring and eventually summer is a much greater gift than you can imagine!!
Happy Hiking to each and every one of you!!!
Before The Game…
I had a little time before my daughters hockey game so I walked around and took these pictures.
Her game was held at the South Kent School in South Kent, CT.
The water was still and that gave me this picture.
A cloudy day in South Kent.
A wider shot of the previous picture.
A Hike Before The Rain
When I checked the weather this morning, it said a high in the 50’s with rain after 5pm. At the start of the hike it was 46 degrees and mostly sunny. As I made my way through the park, it got cloudier and cloudier, with rain falling on me for the last 25 minutes.
With that said, it was still a beautiful hike for the 24th of February. It could have easily been 20-25 degrees colder with some type of frozen precipitation either falling or on the ground.
The parking lot at the start of the hike.
The entrance to Nirvana!
During the summer this stream was dry, even after rain storms.
A shot of some trees and the blue sky.
My favorite picture of the day!
Happy Hiking!!!
Hike #2-5.0-9.2
Hiking IS The Answer…
“Hiking is the answer. Who cares what the question is.”
-Anonymous
Greetings my fellow hikers. I don’t think I need to say anything else, do I?
Naked trees on the years first hike. I love my naked trees!!
Happy Hiking!!!
The First Hike Of 2018
My trusty companions!
With a starting temperature of 56 degrees at 7:30 this morning I made my way to Ward Pound Ridge for my first hike of the new year. With my daughters hockey schedule, weather concerns and no real daylight in the afternoon, hiking really hasn’t been a possibility. For several days now, we have known that today was going to be a warm one.
With that in mind, I knew that I had to get out!
With a new pair of boots that needed breaking in, I decided to keep the distance relatively short and the pace kind of slow. Needless to say, it was great to get out.
Hike#1-4.2-4.2
Happy Hiking!!!
It’s Now Or Never
“Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness–if you had little time left to live–you would waste precious little of it! Well, I’m telling you…you do have a terminal illness: It’s called birth. You don’t have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason–or you will never be at all.”
Dan Millman
This quote sends a very powerful message. One that not many people think about it. Whether you like it or not, you are, in fact, dying. The process began the second you were born. I can tell you that in my twenties, thirties and even into my forties, I was so wrapped up in the intricacies of every day life that I never gave death a thought. Now that I have ventured into my fifties, I have come to the realization that I have much less time on the earth than I have spent on it.
This is an odd feeling. I find myself thinking about my mortality and how it has laid claim to how it plays a role in the decisions that I make every day. My priorities on what it means to be happy, and how I can get to that level of happiness have evolved and is now paramount in my life. It also continues to be an ongoing exploration of seeing that being happy is much easier than we think it is.
I’m not talking about gaining material goods to see if I can make myself happy, it’s more of a choice of how I interact with everyone around me. These personal interactions are what I consider to be true measures of happiness.
Being happy is a choice made by every person every day and should last until our last day.
The Zen Hiker 