Tag Archives: woods

A Rúa to Santiago, 21 km

Posted in: Animal Kingdom, Architecture, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 31, 2019 at 8:24 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Our final 13 miles!!! Leaving A Rúa through more countryside and wooded trails. We’d be passing through the hamlets of O Pino, O Pedrouzo, Amenal, San Paio,...

Forest Through the Trees

Posted in: Botany, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Nature, Oil Painting, Outdoors, Photo Retouching, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 26, 2019 at 7:37 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity...

Arzúa to A Rúa, Spain

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Pet Photography, Photography, Plants, Religious, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 23, 2019 at 9:35 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Only two more days of hiking, this leg being the second to last of our journey on El Camino de Santiago – 17.5 km, or about 11...

El Rio Furelos, Spain

Posted in: Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | August 4, 2019 at 9:31 am , by Laurie Merritt

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To Oz? …. To Oz!!

Posted in: Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | July 21, 2019 at 9:49 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Through this beautiful covered corridor of woods on an old route from San Xulián do Camino to Ponte Campaña. Historical note: Ponte Campaña was the setting for...

Resigned

Posted in: Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 27, 2019 at 4:04 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. ~ Willa Cather...

Gray, Misty, Damp, Foggy Morning

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, El Camino de Santiago, Friends, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Spain, Travel | June 25, 2019 at 8:05 am , by Laurie Merritt

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A fairly dark start to the day; still, so very exciting and exhilarating!...

Randi’s Cabin

Posted in: Architecture, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Infrared Photography, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | March 18, 2019 at 9:01 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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In the Colorado mountains, far down a dirt road, somewhere between Granby and Grand Lake, is a favorite getaway to hole up in – good friends, good...

Quietude and Tranquility Found Here

Posted in: Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | March 17, 2019 at 3:20 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Lost Lake Campground and Resort, OR – the area is, quite simply, a goldmine! So low-key. Cabins, lodge, yurts; quiet, out-of-the-way spots for RV’s, tents; hiking, boating...

Chilly Morning Hike

Posted in: Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | March 16, 2019 at 9:23 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day” – Henry David Thoreau. Mt. Hood overlooking Lost Lake, OR. ...

In the Pines

Posted in: Botany, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | March 15, 2019 at 8:12 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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“Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the sky” – Kahlil Gibran...

Money DOES Grow on Trees!

Posted in: Botany, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | March 10, 2019 at 11:14 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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While walking along Bridal Veil Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, I came across these fluttering plants that looked like quarters. Upon further investigation, they are known...

Columbia River Gorge Scenes

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | March 9, 2019 at 1:38 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Blue waters, blue skies… The Gorge holds federally protected status as a National Scenic Area called the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area and is managed by the...