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Red seeds

30 Apr 2012

Red seeds The big maple trees in the neighborhood have already dropped their seeds, but our Japanese maple trees are just getting their pretty red helicopters ready for launch.

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Orange maple leaves

16 Nov 2011

Orange maple leaves More leaves! I think I waited too long for the Japanese maple leaves in the yard, but maybe I’ll take a couple of shots of them on the ground before raking them up.

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Obligatory maple leaf photo Yay, a photo! There are a couple of trees with these extra-garish leaves on our usual walk through Rock Creek Park. Oliver isn’t very interested in stopping to look at them unless there are some hanging … Continue reading

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Red stars

17 May 2011

Red stars It turns out it’s possible to walk around the yard taking photos with a baby strapped on with one of these. My lens did get groped when I wasn’t paying attention…

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Glowing helicopters

3 May 2011

Glowing helicopters We went to Brookside Gardens to check out the azaleas and found these extra-bright maple seeds by the goose poo pond.

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