Life has unexpected surprises and delights. Nursing a knee injury and temporarily using a walker to keep the weight off my knee brace has indirectly allowed me to discover some wonderful places to write about to appreciate the wonders of spring.
One is the 303-acre Alice Bemis Thompson Bird Sanctuary in North Sandwich.
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