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Setting out on a walk, I find I would rather be on unpaved lanes than asphalt when I have the choice......
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....and to walk on the soft sponginess of fallen pine needles and hear the challenge of a rooster as I pass by the hens....
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.... and to see the ocean spread out before me....
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...and confirm that all is right in this idyllic little part of the world.
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Getting closer to Rabbit Pond, I note there is still a lot of color left in these trees.
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I thought most of it would be gone by the time of this visit.
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I was wrong, it was still strikingly beautiful.
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The price we pay for this annual explosion of color is the harsh winter ahead. Now it's time to start dreaming about warm and sunny places.......
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