*Maianthemum racemosum* (Solomon's plume()) hangin' about in the Forest
Chummehorn Kanton
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Good day!
This is our last day of relatively hot weather for at a short time. Our chance of rain increasing from zero to slight.
Good weather for hiking, for escaping to anywhere that isnt here, a place that will set aside troubles.
For a little while, anyway.
Be everwell.
Hiking through a thicket of tree-sized laurel, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. July 23, 2025, 2:55 PM.
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*For your Wednesdaysit back, breathe deep, & take in the view. If you have your sound on, yes, thats the wind (& birds). It was cooling.
Kinda sorta hot today (87F, 30.5C), but much cooler air is due to arrive on the 1st.
Meanwhile, I walk & edit.
Be everwell.
3 Green Mt Fire Tower, Effingham NH
3 miles Moderate Lakes Region
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Visualization. I love watching my targeted editing chart fill in, seeing my progress.
Like hiking to a high place, theres seeing when its all downhill.
Im a visual person. Charts, graphs, images, maps, & even a beautiful font, I love them all.
Be everwell.
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Ive decided to patent our weather this year & sell it. I cant remember when we were last spared a heat dome.
Its as if, after an unusually warm winter & spring, a switch flipped & we leaped from May to August.
Apparently, anything goes now. Kinda scary.
Be everwell.
4 Alameda Creek Overlook, Sunol CA
3 miles Easy SF East Bay
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After rain, & over two hours spent hiking through the forest in the canyon, the way ahead opened up.
Talk about a big reveal
My knees debated holding me up.
And I was the only human being in that place. Alone, but not lonely.
Be everwell.
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Good day!
Turn up the sound & let it soothe you. I filmed this from the bridge that crosses the stream.
This was the last significant landmark before I reached my true destination.
I continue to edit Book4, so far sticking with my schedule better than ever. Maybe I can draft this year.
Be everwell.
Footpath between a rock and a tree place, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. July 21, 2025, 12:48 PM.
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We seem to be settling into a seasonal weather pattern, which is far better than the epic heat weve suffered the last few years.
I dont fear August heat here like I do July heat. The days are shorter. It takes until afternoon to heat up.
Be everwell.
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Create your own Art Trail5 Flag Hill Loop, Sunol CA
4-5 miles Moderate San Francisco Region
A grassy and rocky hilltop glade, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. July 21, 2025, 12:48 PM.
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All of nature is magical, but often I find those special places many overlook.
The castle ruins on the mountaintop.
The secret door in the tree.
The clearing in the forest where magic still lingers.
The gold that grows where the magic is strongest.
Be everwell.
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Good day!
A view from early in my last hike, about the time the drizzle stopped.
Id ignored the weather forecast because the temperature was ideal, upper 60s (+19C). It stayed that cool, too.
Yet, even after my big day, I returned home & finished editing a chapter.
Be everwell.
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Good day!
Okay, heres the complete experience. Even when the stream was far below me, it was still loud.
This video shows you why.
This was one of those hikes where its impossible to see everything.
The Bitterroot Mountains never, ever disappoint. I also didnt see anyone until on the way back.
Be everwell.
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What was really strange while hiking was how often I had really tiny streams running along the side of the old forest road on the opposite side from the larger stream.
Water stereo.
Eventually, each little stream would cross the road to join the larger one.
What a joy.
Be everwell.
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It drizzled on me to start yesterday. I paralleled this creek & listened to it all the way to my destination.
It was quite a hardship.
Thanks to the canyons echo, the sound never faded completely.
Ill always remember this as the hike when I finally mastered trekking poles. It helped.
Be everwell.
Rural path near Andrychw, PolandAcadia National Park today (Jordan Pond). Learn more about the park at and trails in this area at and the Sargent Mountain fire tower at and Image credit National Park Service in partnership with Dawnland LLC.
Leave the road and take the trails.
Updated my GPS maps site () to include map of E-bike and Hybrid Rideable Trails in Trail 10 trail system.
This time with hashtags:
Rural path near Andrychw, PolandClimbing the Giant's Toes, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. July 18, 2025, 2:56 PM. My first hike since late May (long story).
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The expected high today is 71F (21.6C) with clouds & possible drizzle.
Perfect.
Im going hiking, & not just anywhere. Im heading to the Bitterroot Mtns. Ive been a good editing girl. I deserve it.
My mental health demands it.
I cant wait to leave.
Be everwell.
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Natures bounty,
often called public lands,
parks and places
where you can find your soul,
a refuge where troubles are dismissed.
Wild blessings,
for one and all,
but when theyre gone
theyre in greeds clutches,
our public birthright traded for a song.
Be everwell.
4 Bayle Mt, Ossipee NH
3 mile hike Moderate Gain 870 ft
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Ive been reveling in the cool summer weve had here (so far).
Truth is, it isnt unusually cool. This is normal. Weve had unusually hot summers for years. Spring was unusually warm.
The drought remains. It rains, but its brief, & usually its drizzle.
Be everwell.
Recently hiking in central Europe, we found that the OpenStreetMap data using the OrganicMaps app ( ) and now CoMaps ( ) much more useful than Google Maps. The location of available water was especially appreciated during the last heatwave!
Da wohl langsam stirbt, hab ich mal angefangen fr meine Gegend ein paar empfehlenswerte Touren auf zu erfassen. Vielleicht ergnze ich dort auch noch das ein oder andere Photos ...
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Its difficult to get up in the morning when its been so cool at night, a fact Evie Cat knows well.
Shes still in bed sleeping.
Its time. I need it. Ive been a good editing girl. Barring catastrophe, Im heading to the Bitterroot Mtns next week.
Be everwell.
Rural path near Andrychw, Poland/ around Saxe Point Park in .
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*Full disclosure. Yes, I did bend this tree before I took the picture.
Okay, maybe not.
I survived my doc appt, & remain alive & human, despite what some may believe.
In truth, for my age (66), Im astoundingly healthy. So much of that is hiking.
Be everwell.