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October 25, 2022 by Dave Bonta

Overcast with fog that thins out for the purported sunrise. It’s warm enough that one tree cricket trills in the herb garden.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags clouds, crickets, fog, sunrise
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On This Day

  • October 25, 2025
    Clear and still at dawn. As the last stars fade, the first sparrows begin to chirp. A crow alights on the tallest locust and begins to yell.
  • October 25, 2024
    Clear and still, with frost in the yard lingering well into mid-morning. A lone crow with the sun on its wings disappears off to the east.
  • October 25, 2023
    A dozen geese come honking over the house, interrupting three crows sharing their excitement over a venison gut pile up in the woods.
  • October 25, 2022
    Overcast with fog that thins out for the purported sunrise. It’s warm enough that one tree cricket trills in the herb garden.
  • October 25, 2021
    Gibbous moon overhead through a thin veil of fog. A breeze moves through the forest, liberating the night’s rain.

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