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Tennessee Sunrise – Morning Fire

Posted on March 30, 2016 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week Driving along a local country road early one morning, this striking sunrise came into view.

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Tuesday Topics – The Bald Cypress Tree

Posted on March 22, 2016 by merlinjr01

Tuesday Topics – Nature  The Bald Cypress is a unique tree: it can thrive in standing water, it has “knees” that act as snorkels for its roots, and it is a conifer (usually evergreens) but it loses it needles every … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story: The Perfect Christmas Tree…Sort of…

Posted on December 15, 2015 by merlinjr01

It was the second week in December. I was fourteen or fifteen years old and I was taller and, some even said, a bit more mature than most my age. My father would suggest there were lapses in the maturity … Continue reading →

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The “Old Hickory Tree”

Posted on January 31, 2015 by merlinjr01

Today, We Lost an Old Friend At least that is the way it feels. The home we live in is on property that has been in my wife’s family for more than 150 years. Early in the 2000s, we purchased … Continue reading →

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A True Cat Tale

Posted on December 18, 2014 by merlinjr01

About three years ago, we adopted a cute little calico kitten—we’ll call her “Cat.”. We live a quiet rural area and we routinely let Cat outside. Unfortunately, for the first year, about once a month, while outside she would climb … Continue reading →

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