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At home, cleaning out the car.

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I pulled off the road in a dark place in the middle of Utah at an exit marked Strawberry Pinnacles to watch the meteor shower. I had seen 4-5 shooting stars on the drive, but when I stopped at 12.30am the sky was so full of them it took a bright long one for me to believe my eyes again. I fell asleep by 1am and didn't wake up until 6. When I woke I ate an apple and planted the core, which had many ripe seeds, here on the side of the road where I heard a brook babbling beneath the red desert sand. The soil was moist. I noticed the land was for sale.

Applecore 1.19

At Strawberry Hot Springs, Stramboat Spring. Batters in the distance. This was the most cosmopolitan hotspring I've been to - people from Israel India Romania Britain to name a few. I didn't really connect with anybody, the crowd was overwhelming after my morning hiking alone in the Rockies. So I just looked up at the sky and the trees and then I felt more comfortable.

There were a lot of no's, maybe no food. I couldn't take it all in. But the apple was even tastier because potentially forbidden.

Bear bone, raspberries

The spine of something big was feeding these raspberries. They were particularly delicious!

View from the trail, Rocky Mountains

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On the trail to Timber Lake

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At Timber Creek campground in Rocky Mountain National Park.