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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Northspoon???
The new photo is my own, taken today (24 February 2009, which would have been my Mom's 92d birthday). The little brook (barely discernible in the snow, among the trees) is a "seasonal" brook that runs along the west side of our house, through an area we refer to as "the bog" - technically it's a "wetland." I call it the "Northspoon" for no good reason other than that when we'd been living here a year or two, we got a letter in the mail, with a check, addressed to "The Northspoon Aviary" ordering some bird food or other, addressed to our street address. Never heard of the aviary of course, and returned the check to the sender, but I loved the name "Northspoon" and applied it to the little on-again/off-again book that passes by us on its way to Wash Pond (or Sunset Lake, depending on how you feel about it).
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Looking at that pretty photo of the snowy New Hampshire woods in February sun makes me wistful.
ReplyDeleteFortunately I'll be driving up to Sunapee NH this Friday to ski on the 27 inches of new snow that's fallen since last Wednesday. Yippee!
Really like that photo because it's more than just an image. It implies a whole way of life. What I like about the name "Northspoon" is that it opens up the possibility of a "Southspoon", "Eastspoon" and "Westspoon". Now, grab your camera and go find them.
ReplyDeleteJoey ....
One of the things I love about New England is that you can never be sure of things like that. In fact, just because there's a "North Podunk" (or East/West/South Podunk, or Podunk Junction, or Falls, or Depot does not necessarily imply the existence of a "Podunk" - in many cases, there USED to be a Podunk Center, but it's gone, gone, gone, and only the colonies remain.
ReplyDeleteAs Joey said, we want to see Southspoon etc., and don't forget Teaspoon. Nice work, maestro.
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