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June 4, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Foggy morning. A short-lived bright period brings a faint sound of traffic from I-99. I hear the hummingbird’s small motor in the garden.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags fog, garden, I-99, ruby-throated hummingbird
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