Sunrise on the hilltop, with my son.

September 20th, 2007

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Sunrise over bocage

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Deserved croissant

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Sea of clouds, and my village

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Sunrise and mist

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11 Responses to “Sunrise on the hilltop, with my son.”

  1. Dorothy W. Says:

    Oh that looks beautiful! I hoping to go hiking this weekend and you’ve got me excited about climbing some hills!

  2. Charlotte Says:

    Beautiful. What a special thing to do with your boy.

  3. mandarine Says:

    Dorothy: I hope you’ll have as fine a day as we had.

    Charlotte: It was indeed beautiful, and much more so in real life than in pixels. Apparently, my boy appreciated it mightily, as he was telling everybody about his climbing the mountain alone without being carried.

    PS (to all readers): as always, if anybody wants the full-res pictures (up tp 2500×3500 or thereabouts), just ask.

  4. Sarah Says:

    Oh my…what a beautiful sight and experience! One of these days I will get over to that part of the world, even if I have to sign on as a field partner for one of my husband’s geology trips to do so!

  5. mandarine Says:

    Around here, it is mostly schist, quartz, shale, and a bit of granite further north.

  6. Tai Says:

    Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. It was truly sublime.

  7. mandarine Says:

    The true adventurous part was on the way back, when I discovered there was a loose screw in the handlebar of the bicycle, and so the front wheel could go wherever it fancied.

  8. Catherine Says:

    What a wonderful way to spend the day with your son!!
    Those are stunning photo’s!! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!

  9. mandarine Says:

    Catherine: it was hardly the whole day. We were back home at 9:30 for the real breakfast and that’s when the conventional day started, officially.

  10. Emily Barton Says:

    Sounds like a great, great way to start the day. Your son is a very lucky young man to have such an imaginative father (who feeds him well, too, obviously).

  11. mandarine Says:

    He is indeed partial to croissants, although he left some of his, the size of a dollar coin, and I had to put it back in the bag because he insisted he wanted to eat it later rather than seeing me finish it.

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