Category Archives: Nature

Seeing is believing?

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Kathy Ruff

The gorgeous near-full moon (or is it full?) illuminated the early-morning sky as well as the D&L trail outside my window. This picture captured red-dot reflections close to the moon’s aura and even further away in spots that appear to … Continue reading →

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Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Kathy Ruff

I guess the ‘tricks’ aren’t really new…just not used as much as they should be.  Let me explain. My two-week-long adventure with “Blue”, a great blue heron hanging around my back yard for months, has resolved itself.  His toe was … Continue reading →

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Lessons from “Blue”

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Kathy Ruff

Trying to catch an injured great “Blue” heron for the past eight days has been unsuccessful. Blue appears thinner and I have yet to see him able to eat as he did before. I appreciate efforts by Wildlife in Need … Continue reading →

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Breakfast with Blue

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Kathy Ruff

This blue heron (I’ve named him or her “Blue”) has been visiting regularly in the canal behind my home for the past two weeks. A low water level has made it ideal for Blue to find breakfast in the slow-moving … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Week: Follow Your Light

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Kathy Ruff
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You can’t share what you don’t have

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Kathy Ruff

Happy New Year – 2022! As a New Year unfolds, I realize (again) an inner desire to share. I also realize if I want to share love, joy, peace, happiness and contentedness, I have to have and BE all of … Continue reading →

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Can you imagine?

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

This scene spoke to me. Can you imagine… …a world where everyone shared the bounty available to us all? …accepting others as they are, even if they don’t look or sound like us? Does it resonate with you?

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Enjoy the gift of spring

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

     The snow’s melted, mud’s (relatively) dried, temps are warm (45 degrees this morning!) and daylight comes earlier…all factors that led me to come out from hibernation and go for my first bike ride in spring 2021. I only … Continue reading →

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Sign, sign, everywhere a sign…

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

“Signs,” an iconic song released in 1970 by The Five Man Electrical Band, highlighted some of the hypocrisies and intrusions signs may put on both our landscapes and perceptions. Like so many other things, signs with words can convey a … Continue reading →

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It’s all perfect

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

    Mid-February always seems to be ‘cabin fever’ time for people in northeastern Pennsylvania. It’s the perfect time for skiers and those who snow shoe, but for others, dealing with being indoors, shoveling and enduring the cold become drudgery. … Continue reading →

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