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November 20, 2020 by Dave Bonta

Cold, but with eddies of warmer air as the sun rises through the trees. It’s clear except for three mare’s tails—remnants of dawn contrails.

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  • November 4, 2025
    The red of the oaks gets an assist, first from the dawn and then the sunrise, blazing scarlet, copper or burgundy in each vase-shaped crown.
  • November 4, 2024
    Another large oak has de-leafed, leaving more room for the overcast sky and its patchwork of light and dark. A screech owl trills one last time before full day.
  • November 4, 2023
    Thin clouds turn livid for the sunrise. A chickadee twitters. Two minutes later, we’re back to gloom.
  • November 4, 2022
    Cold sunrise. The green hippogriff of a lilac just starting to yellow. Dry leaves whispering of deer in heat.​
  • November 4, 2021
    25F degrees at dawn. A bat flies low over the meadow as the white-throated sparrows tune up. Frost-encrusted blades of grass seem to glow.

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