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Vermonter. Now on Threads following H.D. Thoreau today. A Book of the Seasons (c) 2013-2024 Zphx

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June 11.

No one, to my knowledge, has observed the minute differences in the seasons. A book of the seasons, each page of which should be written in its own season and out-of-doors, or in its own locality wherever it may be.

June 11, 1851

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Now on Bluesky following H. D. Thoreau today.

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Now on Threads following H.D. Thoreau today.

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Members of the 16th Vt killed or died from wounds at Gettysburg https://t.co/J8AuSS2PJD

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Members of the 16th Vt killed or died from wounds at Gettysburg

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[Friedrich Merz @_FriedrichMerz]

„In den dunkelsten Stunden unserer Geschichte gab es am 20. Juli 1944 ein kleines flackerndes Licht, das allzu schnell wieder erlosch. Aber dass es dieses Licht überhaupt gab, darf uns auch heute noch mit großer Dankbarkeit erfüllen.“ (tm) #MerzMail

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July 10

Bream poised over its
sandy nest on waving fin –
so it has poised here

and watched its ova before
this New World was known.

July 10, 1853

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July 6

That first faint tinge of
moonlight from the east before
day has departed

it is wonderful
our senses ever span so
vast an interval

as the grass turning
to hay and flowers to fruits –
that June is now past.

July 6, 1851

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July 4

Rich uncut grass-lands
now waving under the wind
waves of light and shade
sweeping the breadth of the land
waves of light and shade
over the breadth of the landscape
pursuing each other like
waves hastening to break on a shore.

July 4, 1860
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July 2

The cocks crow hoarsely
ushering in the long-drawn
thirsty summer day . . .

The spring of the day
yet I do not remember
the spring far behind.

July 2, 1854
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July 1

I see from this hill
the horizon-edge distinct
clear air after rain.

Shadows pass slowly
over the green forest top
clouds floating in sky.

A late breeze rises
wood thrush and tanager sing
sparkling the river.

July 1, 1854

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June 30

Oppressively warm –
haymakers are mowing now
in early twilight.

The lark sings a note
which belongs to New England
summer evenings.

June 30, 1851
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June 26

Bright silvery light
reflected from fresh green leaves –
the dark shade of June.

June 26, 1854
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June 23

Beautiful clear air –
the glossy light-reflecting
greenness of the woods.

June 23, 1854
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June 22

Is not the rainbow
a faint vision
of God's face?
June 22, 1852

I feel my Maker
blessing me.
June 22, 1851

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Very hot day, as was yesterday, ––
98° at 2 P. M., 99° at 3,
and 128° in sun.

June 21, 1856

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June 21

Again I am attracted by the deep scarlet of the wild moss rose half open in the grass, all glowing with rosy light.

June 21, 1854

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@ThoreausFlowers June 20, 1854 ("Heard a new bird . . . yellow front, dark bill, dark wings with two white bars, all yellow or yellowish breast and beneath. Perhaps never heard it before.")

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June 20

Rosa lucida –
stouter hooked prickles than the
R. Carolina.

June 20, 1854

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Crickets are eating the Wild Strawberries
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June 19

The rain comes at a
time and place that baffles all
our calculations.

Suddenly the gust
big drops slanting from the north –
birds fly rudderless.

June 19, 2024
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June 18

Many strawberries
this season, in meadows now –
just fairly begun.

June 18, 1854
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@mkimdorman Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings . . . recollected in tranquility.