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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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one afternoon of non-rain was all it took to allow some beautiful light.

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the Circle

Japanese Maple leaves when stacked allow layers of light to create compositions like this. 

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with a Ridge Road cottage porch in the background this plump fellow was munching away on rose hips from the dreaded invasive Rosa multiflora.  with such a cheerful countenance as this how could one complain about its participation in the spread of the pest plant?

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these gerania are sitting in a pot on a stand on the porch of Clearview cottage.

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Ridge Road

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Ridge Road

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another image in the continuing irregular Grove cottage porch series.

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Ridge Road

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Ridge Road and Center Street

this is not an insect.  nor is it Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops.

nothing to worry about, it's just a tulip poplar blossom. 

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as I headed out Friday morning to a difficult and depressing day at the office, it was even harder than usual to leave the Grove with the light so clear and abundant.  this instilled in me a wish -- and resolve -- to get out into that light if it were to last into the weekend.

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was it from venturing out in today's heat that I found myself seeing double in all directions?  I don't really know, but for whatever reason today's images all came in pairs, showing the same subject from different angles.

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2nd Avenue

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