Tag Archives: red maple

Clear, clear, clear: say the same thing...

By Dave Bonta | Published March 31, 2010 at 10:12 am

Clear, clear, clear: say the same thing often enough, the cardinal knows, and one day you’ll be right. The east is red with maple blossoms.

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Overcast and cold. Ten feet up the...

By Dave Bonta | Published March 28, 2010 at 9:03 am

Overcast and cold. Ten feet up the trunk of the big maple, a fox squirrel drinks sap from a slit the woodpeckers have widened.

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Overnight, two maples on the far side...

By Dave Bonta | Published September 6, 2009 at 7:48 am

Overnight, two maples on the far side of the road have begun to go orange. And between me and them, a small pale spider with her tiny prey.

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Dark morning. The fox squirrel’...

By Dave Bonta | Published March 28, 2009 at 10:55 am

Dark morning. The fox squirrel’s tail flickers orange from the back of the big red maple whose buds have swollen into dime-sized stoplights.

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Jurassic silhouettes of wild turkeys...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 13, 2008 at 7:41 am

Jurassic silhouettes of wild turkeys against the brown and green field. A cold rain. Maple blossoms glow orange and scarlet in the woods.

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