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Pile of oak leaves

Part of last fall’s leaf cleanup effort, which I never quite complete. Many of them are still out there, safe for a while under a blanket of snow.

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Float pile

A colorful collection of fishing floats in my parents’ yard.

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Dogwood

Another nice tree in our yard – this dogwood’s got pretty white flowers in the spring and the leaves turn this fiery mottled red and yellow in the fall.

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Tiny empty

The Potomac along Hains Point floods now and then, washing up all sorts of interesting stuff…like this tiny bottle.

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Oscar takes a break

Our cats grew up in an apartment so they’re mostly indoor kitties, but in the summer we let them wander around the backyard while we watch, keeping them from eating birds or doing other goofy things. Oscar usually gets bored after a while and comes back to the deck to lay on this foot stool.