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[OT from cottage renovations]

today's light was a very mixed bag, sometimes bright and sometimes diffused. on seeing the former I would go out in order to try to do something with it but inevitably would find the latter, so after a while I would come back in and the cycle would repeat. it was just that kind of an afternoon.

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this dried branch along 3^rd Avenue is very catching with its abundant heads and sparse blossoms.

dried branch

these tufts exhibit an interesting contrast of shape, one trailing in the breeze and the other taking a more vertical pose.

sinuous

upright

this self-roping strand of vines along Acorn Lane combines elegant catenary curves with spirals and a triangle in a natural curvilear arrangement.

curvilinear

with its spikes and swirls and its tangents and curves this branch seems to have a little of everything going on.

spiky branch

the simple and graceful curves of this tree stump planter provide a visual contrast to the complexity of the vegetation trailing out over its upper edges.

stump planter