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we don't often get snow this early in the season, and if tomorrow's forecast holds it will be melted before the day is out.

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any way you look at them these snowdrops are easy on the eyes:

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East Woods

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dandelions: what folks think of this species depends greatly on who one asks.  gardeners can't stand them but kids love them.  there are even winemaking possibilities.

like them or not, there's still a tiny world of detail to be seen.

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afternoon light falling on and through leaves is just too attractive to hold off from taking a walk, camera in hand.

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the Circle

note the dried seed pod above this leaf.  what it does with the light is subtly different but each complements the other. 
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the drought hasn't been kind to this hibiscus.  with more determination than sense it has been pushing out these blossoms.

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Grove Avenue at Center Street

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tried a 2nd reshoot of a botanical subject here in the Grove only to discover that the 3rd time was not the charm.  maybe some other time.  or not: it doesn't always happen that hardware, software and process can combine to capture an image that correlates well to the one in the mind's eye.

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Maple Avenue, at Center Street

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a leaf falls
and lands on edge
crosswise to the direction
in which the setting sun
will cast its light,
projecting these shadows
at the moment
when somebody will happen along
camera at the ready
for I-didn't-know-what.

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Center Street

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this image was satisfactory as far as composition, colour and texture were concerned.  but what it really does is capture the quality of the light.  completely natural in this case: no artificial ingredients, whether hardware or software.

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Center Street

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these were all taken with ambient natural light.

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Center Street

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