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Month: July 2010

July 3, 2010 by Dave Bonta

A small yellow flower lures me down off the porch to find a new species for the yard: fringed loosestrife. Sounds like a biker-chick brawl.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags fringed loosestrife
July 2, 2010 by Dave Bonta

In the deer-ravaged rosebush in the middle of the yard, I spot a bald-faced hornet’s nest, its dark opening fixed on the half-dead cherry.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags bald-faced hornet, cherry tree, multiflora rose
July 1, 2010 by Dave Bonta

My mind drifts. At what precise angle of sun, I wonder, does the light lose its magic? I glance over and meet a deer’s unreadable eyes.

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