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Sunday November 02, 2014

Dave Bonta November 2, 2014

Windy and overcast, with a few flakes of snow in the air. Yellow leaves peel off the aspens as I watch. Two ravens croak back and forth.

Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged quaking aspen, raven, snowflakes, wind
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