The redwood and the domestic cherry turned overnight, it seemed. Dogwood leaves were red, but sparse on some trees. The hackberry and the wild cherry lost their leaves as fast as they turned yellow. One oak and the sweet gum were red while the bigger oak was partly yellow. One hickory was butter and toast while the more sheltered tree was green and light yellow. And the sky was sapphire. Two male buffleheads sailed upstream at breakfast. A male cardinal came to the feeder and I realized it had been a while since I saw the female.
I checked on the caterpillar after lunch and found it eating again. A flock of little birds zipped through the trees before I could be sure what they were. At the same time, a pair of squirrels canoodled in the redwood.
A cormorant caught a fish and, magically, three egrets appeared. Earlier a great blue heron had rested on the same dock.
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