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Occasionally, I need a fix. I’m lucky. My source is nearby. All it requires is the use of a bit of fossil fuel, which weighs heavy on my mind. But I console myself that much of the rest of the time I’m afoot or abike. Forty miles from my house, there’s always some little dirt road to explore. On this day I had a new lens to explore as well.
How do you get your fix?
Rangewriter 
We are lucky too. There plenty of beautiful spots to visit in our area. Often we like to go to the same place again. However from time to time we also see something that is totally new to us. When we see something beautiful we love to take pictures of it. This sort of activity blows any blues away. You are right, it is like a ‘fix’.
I love all your photos, Linda. From your pictures I can see that you look for beauty in your excursions. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Yes, I’ve been impressed by the many interesting sights there are in your neck of the woods, Auntyuta. It must be one of the most diverse places in the world to live, not just flora, fauna, and geology, but people, too.
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Sure, Linda, this is about right. However seems to me where you live there are many diverse places too. What about people though? Maybe in your area there aren’t as many newcomers?
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You are very perceptive. Diversity is a struggle in this area of the States. When I first came to Boise in the mid-70’s, it was an extremely white-bread community. That phrase could describe diet as well as complexion. In the past 30 years the community has grown and the tech industry has brought in some diversity but not a lot. I celebrate each new bone-fide ethnic restaurant that opens.
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I head over to wander the shores of the Bay of Fundy. I love it there so much that I’m hoping to move there.
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Really? I know you go there often and always speak of it with love. What does it offer that current location lacks? It seems like you’re not far from neat things.
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What a beautiful slideshow, Linda. I loved those macro shots. They are just awesome.
This place is just forty miles away from your home. It sounds interesting. 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed, Arindam.
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There are still lots of places to go where you won’t be surrounded by people. Getting away is essential so that you can refuel (using some non fossil-fuels!)
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Yeah. I did use a smidge of fossil fuel for this one. But the rest of the week I don’t use any, so I gave myself permission.
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I imagine my fixes are pretty similar to yours. Although I don’t have anything that will take photos of tiny life the way your camera does. That fly was amazing! Like a black and white photo with a brilliant spot of orange in it. Nice.
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It was another lucky shot, Dia. I wondered how many people would appreciate that one and how many would wonder about my sanity. 😉
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Loved your including the fly, Rangewriter.
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Thanks!
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Love your photos and you back roads explorations-with-camera . I think an empty road photo should become your next header photo. Or maybe your fly. People seem to like/love him/her/it.
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Perhaps I have some Kafka lovers amongst my readers? 😉 Thanks. Glad you enjoyed.
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You’re no longer just a RangeWriter but also a RangerRider.
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Thanks for the hiking tour. I want to go next time.
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I’ll carry you in my heart. 😉
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My walking buddy has been away tending to an aged father. It’s not the same going on my own…I tend to hesitate going where WE’d otherwise wander. So this was a pleasure, Linda. Great colour on that little beastie!
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Thanks, Amy. Glad you enjoyed. I think I’ve never had a walking buddy that I enjoyed as much as I enjoy the unabashed solitude of walking solo with my camera. I wonder what that says about me. Grump, I guess.
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Beautiful slide show. A very intriguing question, how do we get our fix? I know going back to Telluride, a favorite childhood summer place, is one–but that only comes every five to ten years. After my son died, my fix was to go to Climax Wave on the main Payette River, and watch kayakers play the wave, or merely take a motorcycle ride up the Payettes to Cascade. I need to find something soothing to do closer to home and more frequently, so that shall be my quest in the next couple of weeks.Thanks for posing the question, Linda
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Good quest! I’m honored to have spurred you in that direction. That’s what us retired folks should be doing, eh?
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Sunsets, my fix are sunsets. I can have the rattiest day, as long as it ends with a colourful sunset I am at peace with the world.
Beautiful pictures, Linda, as always. My favourites are the tiny white flowers by the way.
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I like sunsets but perhaps sunrises even more. I think because they herald the dawning of a brand new day filled with possibilities, whereas, sunsets are a bit like fall, harbingers of the darkness to come.
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Ah, but the getting-up-early thing kinda spoils sunrises for me 😉 Plus, I love evenings, when the world slows down and everyone starts to relax and rest. I see your point though.
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Beautiful images as always, Linda. I love to stare at the ocean — the rougher, the better.
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I get that, Charles. On the rare occasions I have an ocean to stare at, I can really zone out doing so.
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Ole’ Dirt roads & a lot of county {land} filled with southern livestock, and being slowed to a sail crawl on a main road just because of a ‘Tractor Man’ is my all time fix. Amazing post, Thank you for the inspiration!
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Whoops! I meant snail* crawl… Apologies! ❤
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Thanks! Every now and then one get’s held up by cattle or sheep being moved down the road. Usually the tractors pull to the side. 🙂
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Yes, I will agree the tractors do usually do pull to the side, however, I tend to stay behind them, especially if they are on a busy highway, I will throw on my hazards, and keep some distance, until they pull off. I understand we all get in a rush, sometimes, but I know how many people would rather run them off the road, rather then give them a moment. I am a 110% Southern Gal, Born and Raised – and I love to see a tractor on the road, especially a John Deere! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Volpe Life and commented:
I am intrigued, I will have to write my own version, one day; hopefully soon!
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Nothing is like getting away from the usual roads and our usual life. You have captured your get-away beautifully in this little picture show. Lovely.
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I am honored by your encouraging words! Thank you.
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