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Earlier this year, just before the leaves came out on the eighty foot high Sweetgum tree in our yard, my husband cut it down. Any doubts we may have had about removing it as an ornamental disappeared when we saw how easily the branches snapped, and how the tree was starting to rot from the inside out. Setting the logs aside as I helped to lower them, I noticed these shapes produced by the dying core.
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Poem: BlossoMania
Petals are falling,
the sky is blue
They cover everything,
old and new
If I sit here too long,
I’ll be covered too!
Pansy and Grape Hyacynth, Hillsboro garden
Purple Cactus, Seguaro cacti, and mimosa flowering tree, Phoenix, Arizona
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Oranges in someone’s front yard garden, Phoenix, AZ
Autumn Roses in our garden, Hillsboro, OR
