Tuesday, January 9 (an exhausting, difficult day)

• A heavy nest, sitting high in the denuded dormant tree. Is it empty?

• The sleek rook flying, food caught in its beak.

• A composition of receding greens: The cool silvery green of the fir, haloed by the bright yellow green of the sunlit pine. Behind, in teh distance, blue green bushes. And an answering bright green reflected in the car window below.

• The dappled pattern of dark and bright leaves, broken by the brown pods of the seeds.

• The peeling texture of the plaster on the wall, puckered like empty lips.

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