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Sunday May 12, 2013

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The red porch floor is pocked with yellowish green pollen. In the garden, a red crabapple petal is plastered to a witch hazel leaf.

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Wednesday May 16, 2012

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The air is so clear, I can see individual specks of pollen. In the field, the long grass sways under the restless wings of a female harrier.

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Thursday April 19, 2012

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The green blush deepens on the hillside; shining motes of pollen speckle my laptop screen. A crow flaps up from the black currant bushes.

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  • May 18, 2012
    The groundhog emerges from her sun-flooded burrow beside the porch and whistles in alarm. The shadow of a tiger swallowtail crosses my legs.
  • May 18, 2011
    A light drizzle. The one green leaf at the end of a branch on the otherwise dead cherry shakes itself dry and turns back into a hummingbird.
  • May 18, 2010
    Hard rain forces the phoebes to dive into the weeds in search of prey, returning drenched to their dry and querulous brood under the eaves.
  • May 18, 2009
    Half a degree above freezing at sunrise, and the sky is as clear as it gets. A towhee sings a backwards version of its song.
  • May 18, 2008
    A black-and-white warbler's two-syllable whisper; drumroll from a Good God bird. The clock is blinking—what time is it? The patter of rain.

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