{"id":15763,"date":"2025-11-20T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15763"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:59:13","slug":"skywatch-friday-a-fall-outing-at-oxley-nature-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15763","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday &#8211; A Fall Outing at Oxley Nature Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFVcB7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54929335064_990c49f9a2_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Sunday morning, I attended Church of the Trees at Oxley Nature Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFVvuc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54929395215_5b5564cd56_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw the light right after I started. I loved the sun in the forest and I love the poem that a former &#8220;Artist in Residence&#8221; at Oxley wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFTWJR\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54929089941_6f9692f5d4_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love short poems. I really like the title of this one, &#8220;Sunfall.&#8221; There is a reason we need to have poets. They know what to call things, and how to describe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFShAg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54928766499_b25364d2bd_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Found me a new favorite tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFTUbQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54929081356_e2da17d470_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And instead of stained glass we had the light filtering through these leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFVtiU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54929387890_cac60b7660.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved the light on the trees bordering a water pipeline right of way in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFV36x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54929303073_98f1c24551_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And another long boardwalk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFS3RM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54928720303_1b809c9f75.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a maple leaf near the end of my walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And bonus video content, only 71 seconds long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oxley Nature Center Outing\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CGcYinXvy_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am linking with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/skyley.blogspot.com\/2025\/11\/skywatch-friday-20-november-2025-edition.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/skyley.blogspot.com\/2025\/11\/skywatch-friday-20-november-2025-edition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Skywatch Friday<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday morning, I attended Church of the Trees at Oxley Nature Center. 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