“The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets.”
― Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds
The Frog Ocean – My Determined Ghost (Part One)
Autumn on The Frog Ocean Is my determined ghost.
My family trees
Have roots here.
Family Trees that are varied, colorful,
Often divergent.
There are members of the clans Who by choice never leave,
Some go far away
Only to return,
Some,
Leave The Frog Ocean,
Remaining haunted
When Autumn returns.
Part of a marshy labyrinthine of
Not quite solid ground,
In the southern most parts
Of the heart,
And New Jersey.
Love it! Pictures and words fit so beautifully. Or maybe I should say scarily. 🙂
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Just needed to have a bit of silliness for the season!
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Haunting collection of Halloween colored pictures. Thanks for capturing the beauty and symbols of the season.
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That was great and I won’t get that song out of my head all day 🙂
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Needed to have a lighthearted playtime with my website.
Indeed that song will get stuck in your head.
Thanks for the visit.
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Welcome 🙂
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Great customized images ❤
And great words to describe the eerie Frog Ocean!
Ciao
Sid
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Oh I was just having too much fun with my new PicMonkey!
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I too use PicMonkey for my images, but I guess, unlike yours, my results are another story 😀
Ciao
Sid
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To customize images there is also this link: http://www.rollip.com/
Ciao
Sid
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Thank you for the tip!
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Interesting poem. But I need to ask, is there a place called Frog Ocean?
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Yes, it is very real. Located in Southern New Jersey USA.
The other sites mentioned in the photos of Part 1 and 2 of The Frog Ocean; Mad Horse Creek, Black Bottom, Canton Green, are also very real as identified in the photos.
I do not know how The Frog Ocean was named…but during the time I lived there, during the spring through summer the sound of the frogs singing at night was often overwhelming.
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We called them Peepers in Pa. They were the first sign of spring!
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What a cool post and creeepy! Loved the poem and the pictures very creative!! 🙂
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Too silly or should I say too scary!!
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Halloween is all about fun!
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Agreed!
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Absolutely the best Halloween post I have seen! I can’t think of a word good enough to praise your pictures. LOVE them! Your poem, superb. Xx
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That is so kind of you. Thank you.
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We just saw that Halloween (Christmas) movie!! Fun post.
There are big gaps in the post when viewing it!
Happy Halloween!
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I have opened the page with different search engines and it appears to be fine. Perhaps just a slow Friday page loading for you?
Happy Halloween.
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Might have been.
Enjoy the weekend.
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Oh, Happy Halloween. A real big deal here in the Verde Valley!
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Massive here!! have fun.
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This was my first experience of this holiday (that is other than watching on a screen or reading in a book) and I loved it. Thank you and Happy Halloween 🙂
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Wonderfully imaginative!!! I loved the spider one. This is my year of The Spider. I came to know, back in August, an Orb Weaver, who spun her web every night outside our garage. She was a pumpkin spider. And this morning, I was happy to note a new resident spider in my bathroom.
Wishing you a very happy Samhain, tomorrow. 🙂
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We have the big harmless Wolf Spiders, that love to sit quiet in the shower to surprise.
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The ‘Daddy Long Legs’ have called dibbs on the shower, but before we take one, I go and rescue any which would probably not survive otherwise.
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Johanna!
This Post is amazing!
Wow! I am scared of ghosts!
But this is something to feel good about them.
Love to You.
Shiva
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Wonderful Halloween post – there is something about bogs and swamps that is just naturally scary.
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Thank you! Happy Halloween to you!
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Such a creative and neat post, dear Johanna
Wonderful images for Halloween as well.-
Oh…. By the way… I have thought of you for the Blogger Interview Tag which details you can see in my last post… Feel free to check them if you have time and want…
Love and best wishes. Aquileana 💫
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Will check it out.
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