seldom scene

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[OT to cottage renovations]

this is something I don't get to see very often.  when the tulip poplars are blooming their flowers are usually tens of feet overhead; by the time they fall down the blossoms are generally spent and decay quickly with the first rain into a slippery, slimy sludge. 

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Bittersweet Cottage

tulip poplar

this flower is on a branch overhanging part of the cottage roof, where I had gone in order to clear off excess oak tree deposits with a leaf blower.