elder tree

Wednesday July 18, 2018

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From a house across the gardens, an infant’s wail. From the street, the din of bin men. And in between, the elder tree rustling with birds.

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A tiny spider sits in a web linking mock orange to clothesline, which runs through the elder tree—she must feel each vibration in the yard.

Dave Bonta July 2, 2018 0

Cloudless sky. In the mid-morning quiet, the glossy notes of a blue tit laying claim to the yard from the safe confines of the elder tree.

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The elder sheds a gray feather. How can such a small tree harbor so many secrets? From a neighborhood dog, the uncanny howl of a wolf.

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Women’s voices carry from a nearby garden. The resident terrier runs semi-circles around the elder tree, wheezing up at its flowering limbs.

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A wren sings in the garden of our Iranian neighbor, whose wisteria infiltrates the elder tree so that it blooms two ways at once.

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A blue tit skulks around the bird feeder like a dapper, introverted chickadee. Nearly hidden in the elder, the blackbird turns on her nest.