2/1/2019

Dave Bonta February 1, 2019 1

Snow fine as fingerprint powder; it’s almost zero. Two cardinals and a jay in the crabapple tree wait their turn to drink from the spring.

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Susan Spivack
5 years ago Permalink

precisely the local now here in Cobleskill, NY. thanks!

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