Kath and I hiked out to Lighthouse Point this morning in a pre-storm adventure, before the rains came. I have seen this tree hundreds of times, but this morning it really caught my eye, the sun muted behind it, the mosses glowing at its base, the storm clouds brewing.

This week's Hike of the Week visits one of my meditative places on the island, and wonders what it could have become instead.
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Hair ice on fallen alder branches in the ACFL yesterday. What a delicate and amazing creation from a fungus living inside the branch!

This week's Hike of the Week looks at life from both sides now.
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