In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. ~ Rolf Edberg

Welcome to my personal blog. I love family history, living by the sea, walking in the woods, nature photography, and collecting words and pictures.
~ Barbara Rodgers

My gull friend, since 2011.

Family History

Ancestor Table
Cemetery Index
Genetic Origins
Pedigree Collapse

My 2nd-great-grandmother, Anna Eliza Baker, and her daughter, standing behind her, my great-grandmother, Amanda Eliza Hamblin.

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May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.
~ John O’Donohue

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Walking

Audubon
Avalonia Land Conservancy
Barn Island Wildlife Management Area
Bluff Point State Park
Connecticut College Arboretum
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
Groton Open Space Association
Haley Farm State Park
Harkness Memorial State Park
Hewitt Farm
Ledyard Conservation Commission
Mamacoke Island & Adjacent Coves
Poquetanuck Cove Preserve
Watch Hill Conservancy

Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled – to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.
~ Mary Oliver