Enchanting Essex

Tag: nature

  • It all began with my camera…

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    Through my eyes, the world looks like an impressionist’s painting — a wee bit hazy, softly blurry, and with a distinctly dreamy aura.  Now, I quite admire the art created by the impressionists, most especially Claude Monet’s “Woman with a Parasol”.  It depicts the artist’s wife, Camille, holding a green parasol, standing atop a hill,…

  • I am home…

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    You know that feeling you get when you first walk through your front door after a long road trip or vacation?  It’s a welcome that wraps its arms around you — everything looks and smells and feels familiar and cosy.  That’s exactly how I felt when I walked into Kopegaron Woods for the first time…

  • When Fate Sends You Lemons…

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    My lemons are syncopes.  An overwhelming number of them, occurring nearly every day this year, numbering between fifteen and fifty each day.  Every instance completely without warning.  It is overwhelming and has clipped my wings. Rather than venturing out to the parks, conservation areas and marshes to observe and shoot wildlife, I’ve had to content…