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MK Creel's avatar

Your posts read like poetry. I am ever-envious of this moment and image: The approaching night blackened the vine’s leaves, but in that darkness, the tips of the tail feathers of the cedar waxwings flickered like small flames — candles that no night could quench.

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Sarah Kelsey's avatar

Thank you! This means a lot from someone whose poetry I admire so much.

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Misti Little's avatar

Those springtails! WOW!

Our Aronia is also blooming, first time I believe. Thank you for the lovely photos.

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Sarah Kelsey's avatar

Thank you! It's so exciting when a garden tree starts blooming. The first time the Chickasaw plum bloomed, I thought, "What is that on the tree?" (It was probably pre-coffee.)

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Alice Weinert's avatar

Like so many of your essays, this one makes me want to peer more closely at all the signs of life around me that I too often pass by without notice!

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Sarah Kelsey's avatar

I'm excited to read about what you find!

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Christine Finlayson's avatar

I thought springtails might make an appearance--and they did! Your close-up photos are so fun to see (they show off details I might miss in real life). That redbud is beautiful.

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Sarah Kelsey's avatar

Thank you! (I do love the Canon 5DSR for macro photography. I've had it for two years, and it still surprises me!)

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Eliza Crofts's avatar

I love your springtail photos! Thanks for sharing!

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Sarah Kelsey's avatar

Thank you! I'm so glad people like them!

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