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March 7, 2017 by Dave Bonta

A flock of Canada geese somewhere in the clouds like a ghost army led by rusty bugles. A speeding white car emerges from the fog.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags Canada geese, cars, fog
September 8, 2013 by Dave Bonta

The Japanese stiltgrass is beginning to redden from the stems out. My niece goes up and down the road in the car, learning to drive.

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December 12, 2011 by Dave Bonta

Gurgle of the stream in my left ear, titmice in my right. The crunch of gravel as my dad’s Honda pulls up, silvery blue as new ice.

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  • June 14, 2025
    Rain at dawn tapering off into another patter alongside the red-eyed vireo’s. Wood thrushes sing back and forth. From deep in the lilac, a house finch lets loose.
  • June 14, 2024
    Overcast at sunrise. The jumping spider who lives under my chair comes topside for a brief scuttle about. A red-bellied woodpecker bangs on his morning drum.
  • June 14, 2023
    The rains continue. The last peony blossom collapsed in the night, and the last purple iris has opened. Where mowed grass had died, there’s a blush of green.
  • June 14, 2022
    Rain thickens into downpour, but a very small moth continues to fly back and forth. The evening primroses remain half closed.
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    If the sun isn’t going to shine, we still have the irises, the evening primroses, and a goldfinch fresh from his bath: a trifecta of yellow.

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