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Nature is awesome!

October 31, 2009 | 26 Comments

Today, I decided to travel to a land where my iPhone wouldn’t work.

It has been my experience that getting lost is a requirement to be found, and so I journeyed deep into the woods of northern Rhode Island with high hopes of losing my way.

My grandmother’s grandfather was a native (though, in Québec I assume), and I often imagine what it must have been like for my ancestors in the wilderness. I often try to put myself in their shoes, or moccasins – only to find myself a few feathers short of a warbonnet.

Though any survival skills didn’t trickle down the family tree to me, an appreciation for nature did. The secret to life, I’m convinced, is contained in its entirety within every leaf, branch or clump of moss. In nature, I can sense my true magnificence – the magnificence that is inherit in all of us. In nature, it’s easy for my spirit to soar.

P.S. Can you see the snake in the above picture?

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  • At 2009.10.31 17:05, Lee said:

    Yes I can see the snake but it FREAKS me out. I am not a fan of snakes at all!!!!!

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    • At 2009.10.31 17:10, Hilary said:

      I can! I jumped right out at me! I don’t know what it was about my upbringing, but I have always felt so connected with it. I used to live in the country where we owned horses. I would spend my days running around the feilds and forests behind my house, exploring.

      I love taking pictures of nature. Check this out,
      http://twitpic.com/nquq9

      Muah
      xo

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      • At 2009.10.31 17:56, Brady in Canada said:

        I see the snake!!! And, I love how you dressed in a lumber-jack themed shirt for your nature walk! Gorgeous fall pictures my dear! Happy Halloween to you. Take care.
        Brady

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        • At 2009.10.31 17:59, bruin said:

          nice outfit davey

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          • At 2009.10.31 18:10, CorLeonis15 said:

            Nature is one of the reasons why I love living in Puerto Rico so much. The beaches, the rivers, the forests, the coral reefs… Go green!

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            • At 2009.10.31 19:57, Dustin said:

              I love you Davey Wavey!

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              • At 2009.10.31 19:59, Big Guy said:

                probably wouldn’t have if you hadn’t said to look. Peace

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                • At 2009.10.31 21:56, Indee said:

                  Very beautiful pictures. Thanks for reminding me that I need to take a break and do some traveling and observing.

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                  • At 2009.10.31 22:12, Emilios said:

                    I really like the pictures. Humans are a part of nature so if we appreciate it, we appreciate our own existence.

                    Oh!!! I see the snake!!!

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                    • At 2009.11.01 01:26, gnjen said:

                      I like your post very much… and i saw a snake :) poeple should really try to return to the nature…

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                      • At 2009.11.01 07:22, Thomas said:

                        I totally agree. Nature’s been and always will be my saviour when I’m feeling less than good.
                        It soothes my soul.
                        Unfortunately, being a city child, I always have to travel far to find real silence. That’s when you live in a small country, which is over populated (The Netherlands).

                        Seek and you shall find… (one of my best loved tracks by Marvin Gaye on his MPG album).

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                        • At 2009.11.01 08:06, Charles-Patrick said:

                          Yes nature is the greatest. It’s our roots, we all come from nature, but we just forgot. I admit I love big cities, but as much as I love big cities with all the people, I love to escape to nature.
                          I am from Salzburg/Austria (yes I know, SOUND OF MUSIC, MOZART… blah blah *g*). I had the luck to grow up in a small city with much nature around, woods and fields and the alps very near. And as I said, as much as I love to be in the city, seeing people, having fun, as much I do love to climb a mountain, to just enjoy the fresh air in the woods, or relax and enjoy the sun.
                          Nature is to be respected… as beautiful as it can be, as cruel nature can be when it has to fight back against men, who already destroyed wide parts of it (Zunamies, Hurricanes, Vulcanos, Snow Chaos…)

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                          • At 2009.11.01 08:16, Vance said:

                            Great pictures. Cool that you’ve got enough open space that a greyhound can actually run in!

                            Cheers!

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                            • At 2009.11.01 08:16, Greg said:

                              Ah yes,a garter snake, harmless and most useful to keep the balance in nature. I didnèt notice til you pointed it out. You are on the Right Path. Buddhist monks go off into the forest to meditate because it is the closest contact with reality. Your native heritage is not as far as you might think.

                              The Oak leaves were magnificent. They are getting more and more rare, unfortunately. I may follow your inspiration before the snow falls here in Quebec–land of your ancestors.

                              Be well,

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                              • At 2009.11.01 08:32, blog buddy jack said:

                                Yes, the lower left.

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                                • At 2009.11.01 13:19, eric said:

                                  David,

                                  Do you want to scare me? I will be more frighten of you than of the snake!

                                  ….but is it really a snake or isn’t it rather a lizard such as a slow-worm?

                                  bye,

                                  ps : nice pictures by the way!!!

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                                  • At 2009.11.01 13:49, Bob said:

                                    Weren’t you concerned about hunters? Sometimes they shoot anything not wearing orange.

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                                    • At 2009.11.01 13:51, Woody said:

                                      Once again, you have taken some truly beautiful photos of nature to illustrate your post. You have a good eye and captured the natural designs as perfect works of art — which they are.

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                                      • At 2009.11.01 16:53, Dave said:

                                        Hi,

                                        The second oldest national park in the world is The Royal National Park less than an hour south of Sydney.

                                        It can easily be reached by car and there are lots of roads through it. There are also two train stations at each end of the park. Audley/National Park on the Northern tip and Otford at the Southern end.

                                        There are also pristine beaches and walking trails and aboriginal cave/sandstone carvings.

                                        You should check it out.

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                                        • At 2009.11.01 16:58, Julian said:

                                          You’re an amazing person, Davy, and a wonderful writer. Your sensitivity, given your age, is astounding, assures you a continuing success, a great future and gives us hope that you, and others like you, will keep this world on a level course. Thanks for your perceptiveness!

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                                          • At 2009.11.01 17:20, Rob said:

                                            Great pics Davy. Nature is great. Would be a more natural setting with your shirt off or even better yet one on one with nature… Naked.

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                                            • At 2009.11.01 19:14, Andrew said:

                                              love this blog nd the snake is really cute it was the first thing i saw in the pic !!!

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                                              • At 2009.11.02 02:14, Knighton said:

                                                yes i can see the snake, and i this very same thing too sometimes and it helps when you live right next to the woods

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                                                • At 2009.11.02 17:39, j-sizzle pop said:

                                                  Wildlife reminds us all that we are “Nature.” Some people are obsessed with material things but they still yearn water and food we are all “Nature”

                                                  If Davey is in an international city downtown, in the financial district, or traveling through the barren lands in Canada’s High Arctic he will still find wildlife and Nature.

                                                  I really enjoyed this Blog,

                                                  from jIGGLES

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                                                  • At 2009.11.03 08:54, George said:

                                                    You should be wearing an orange safety vest while in the woods this time of year. It’s hunting season in RI. Safety first!

                                                    A neighbor to the north in MA!

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                                                    • At 2010.08.12 09:38, Edo said:

                                                      The US certainly has a lot of beautiful nature..

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