In the midst of the rushing waters of the Blackstone River, a small maple holds on, displaying its fall color, regardless
We have had an unusually wet fall already, and the local rivers are showing the effects. Most rivers we drive by are high. On a recent bike ride along the Blackstone River Bikeway, when we came to the Pratt Dam in Cumberland, RI,
After recent rains, the usually-calm Blackstone forced its way through the openings of Pratt Dam in Cumberland
the path fairly shook with the power of the water forcing its way through the dam.
Clusters of mushrooms on the woodland floor
Mushrooms, or fungi are everywhere! Across the forest floor, dotting green lawns, tucked into rotting tree stumps, in such variety–encouraged by the abundance of rain, fungi are busy doing their work.
Along the Holliston Upper Charles Trail
Hints of fall peak out from every corner. The days grow shorter, the nights cooler, and soon enough, another season will have passed. But for now, we wait–the leaves will soon be gone. Right now, the show is about to begin.
Marjorie
Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors, and is the author of Easy Walks in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, More Easy Walks in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, Easy Walks and Paddles in the Ten Mile River Watershed, and Finding Easy Walks Wherever You Are. Her memoir, the backstory of Easy Walks, is My Liturgy of Easy Walks: Reclaiming hope in a world turned upside down.
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