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Wild Geranium Days
Cherokee Marsh is not yet a dazzle of blossoms, but it is on its way. Bellworts are ringing their yellow bells. Mayapples hide their blossoms beneath green umbrellas. Shooting stars glitter in the thickets. Daisies dance. These are wild geranium days.
jonathanashipley
Jun 292 min read
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Daybreak at the Marsh
Sometimes I can be done with work early enough to glimpse the last gleams of daybreak at the marsh. Glorious days, those.
jonathanashipley
Apr 232 min read
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April showers at the Marsh
The marsh in rainy weather has a different feel. The soft susurrus of the rain over trees and fields, ponds and riverbanks, pulls me in.
jonathanashipley
Mar 292 min read
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Carol of the Chickadee: December at Cherokee Marsh
The holidays are upon us and the marsh is quieted by the soft wind and softer snow flurries.
jonathanashipley
Nov 30, 20242 min read
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Mounds and Mortality
For more than 12,000 years, people have lived and died here.
jonathanashipley
Nov 12, 20242 min read
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The Wind Wolves of October: Autumn at Cherokee Marsh
Autumn comes, as it does, with crispness in the air, color in the leaves, and introspection in the mind.
jonathanashipley
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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