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After cranking it out for a few weeks, dyeing, skeining, labeling, painting, decorating, fusing, fussing, beading, felting, knitting....I'm taking a break for a week. I woke up to this Monday morning. I love this view across the road from us. I walked out in my jammies and got these photos. The mist was just rising from the lowlands.
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Sunday night right after studio tour I met a group of friends to do our full moon paddle. This is the Hunter Moon and it was big, bold and orange as it was rising
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The first night there were about 12 of us. My friend, Ann, was away and was sorry she missed it, so I said I'd to it again Monday night. So Penny, Ann and I went out. The weather has been so perfect, unseasonably warm for mid-October, so we just had to take advantage. I'd be home knitting and watching tv and this is just so much better.
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We paddled up to a nearby island, with the sky turning a bright pink and the moon rising behind us.
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The water is quite low and there's a huge driftwood log in the middle of the Potomac.
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It's covered in grasses and looks rather eery. We saw a heron on it one time.
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This is the entrance to the cove where we beach our kayaks and set up cocktails.
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A few times ago there was this washed up drum and the next time we went a flat piece of plywood washed up and makes a perfect tabletop. I'm hoping the next time that 4 tall bar stools wash up. Tuesday night was another beautiful evening so 5 of us women went out again. This time we had a table cloth and a candle. And plenty of wine.
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Then on Thursday I went riding with 3 friends from Poolesville. We had planned on ending up at Harper's Ferry but rain turned us back at Brunswick.
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This is a just completed renovation of the bridge going over one of the creeks on the Canal.
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I saw these amazing bright orange mushrooms. I screeched to a halt, turned around and had to get a closer look.
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Outrageous color!
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And these cute little numbers.... like fuzzy hats. 'Shrooms are so incredible.
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And then every other day, I'm biking around the mountain. The soybeans are turning bright golden and the trees are changing colors more every day.
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This is my favorite building on the ride. It's an old general store near Park Mill's Road. I wish it was stocked with goods and we could stop in and get a pop and a candy bar.
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Poison ivy is beautiful this time of year.
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Fixer upper: with just a little bit of work, a front porch, some columns, windows, a floor, plumbing, electricity, siding, and paint, this would be a great place!
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but this place is adorable, with Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance.
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Tina riding through the canopy on Mt. Ephraim Road.
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We zip by these stone bridges but I never tire of looking at them.
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This is Little Bennet, so peaceful. One time Tina and I saw a doe and her twin fawns slowly walking across this river.
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You'll find me out biking every day that it's nice. Cya!