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I also like the blur. Just not if it socks in for weeks at a time tho.

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I am imagining Mount Errigal in Donegal or Ben Nevis(highest mountain in Scotland) behind that mist, magical.💖😌✨⛰️🦄 Maybe some Celtic unicorns, too.

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I live with foggy summers and am learning to value them more and more. thanks for the reminder

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I’ve never been a dog fan. I think that’s because of the fact that I can’t see what’s hidden out there. I’ll have to see whether I can envision it like you suggest.

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

I always felt that way about fog! In a favorite children's book, Fog Magic, on foggy days the heroine would find herself in the past... sometimes walking to school the fog would be so thick that you couldn't see more than a couple houses away, and I'd imagine seeing my town as it was a hundred years earlier. The tule fog in California is mostly gone now... but I still love foggy days, even if I have to go to San Francisco to find it. What a lovely reminder of good times long ago!

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Like living in Brigadoon!

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Yes!!

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I'll have to look up that book - it sounds magical!

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Yes it is! Author is Julia Sauer, and it was a Newbery Honor book, so still available!

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

Stunning peacefulness. So good to hear the bell❣️

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Wonderful.

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

So soothing, thanks💙

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I’m wishing for smell-o-vision! Wonderful atmosphere! Clara, you are brilliant!

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I wish you could have smell-o-vision too - the fragrance by the water is incredibly refreshing

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

I was never a fan of Longfellow until now - maybe I should go back and see what I missed. Lovely poetry!

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My thoughts exactly.

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This is peace, this is life truly lived

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

What A lovely walk and quote!

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

It is time travel. We can just visualize all the sailors throughout the years who relied on that bell to keep them safe from the rocks. What a beautiful way to start the day. Thank you.

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Breathe deep!

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

I would love to be in a chilly mist and fog for a change ! And to smell the ocean and hear to hear all the sounds - waves, bouys, birds…

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

It was 86 here yesterday, and last evening it was chilly enough by the ocean to wear a jacket. It was nature's air conditioning.

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

I am loving my new home in Arizona, but oh, I do miss nature's air conditioning in the Bay Area! It was 109 at 730 pm last night...

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Jul 7Liked by Clara Parkes

Thank you. I was missing mist and fog this bright sunny morning.

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Heaven

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