Celery Farm November 6, 2016

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Black River November 5, 2016

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November, 2016

The fifth grade science lesson this week interests me

Investigating the decomposers of leaves

Finding the fine lacework mycelium network

Digesting the vegetable matter detritus.

Looking at the color change progression this year

I learn something new about the process

How the precious green chlorophyll is conserved

Withdrawn from the leaves back into the trees.

Brown attachments long remaining on oak and beech

Trees that draw back in every last ounce of worth

Understated beauty shaded dull drab

Each leaf represents a certain perfection.

Separating only after all the nutrients have been returned

Holding on long enough to give back to the next iteration

The leaves leave behind this resource and drift down

So soon to be consumed by the earth below.

Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve November 3, 2016

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