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February 4, 2013 by Dave Bonta

The sun rises above a mass of cloud looming like the lost, real mountain for which this is a foothill. A wren pops out from under the porch.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags Carolina wren, clouds, sunrise 2 Comments
February 2, 2013 by Dave Bonta

Cold and bleak. The clouds part above the ridge: a circle of blue bisected by a wide, shining contrail, the jet roaring just out of sight.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags clouds, contrails, jet
November 28, 2012 by Dave Bonta

Cold and windy, but the scattered cumulous clouds barely move. Up on the ridge, the plaintive call of a turkey separated from her flock.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags clouds, wild turkey, wind
November 20, 2012 by Dave Bonta

The lace-work of leafless treetops against the clouds. No wonder the dead cherry with its cluster of six limb-stumps reminds me of despair.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags cherry tree, clouds 1 Comment
October 21, 2012 by Dave Bonta

Cumulus clouds at two different heights: the lower ones move twice as fast. Lower still, a scattered flock of robins going the opposite way.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags American robin, clouds
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