Tamaracks are deciduous conifers that grow near water. They hug the Gihon River and the creeks that feed it. Hunter Road is a dead-end town road and is our longtime go-to for off-lead walks.
Ever since I moved here in 1998, there was a cool red barn to the right of the low farm building. Unfortunately it got torn down this summer. Structural issues. The landscape has been diminished. A bit of history, gone forever.
Years ago, the owner, long gone now, kept a small herd of red deer on these acres and hillsides, among them many majestic stags whose antlers any hunter would covet. Their hooves no longer touch the land.
But that stand of tamaracks still graces the bend in the river.
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