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London plane trees always catch my attention with their mottled appearance and peeling bark. The outer layer is rigid and gets shed taking pollutants with it as the new inner layer expands. We also have the capacity to grow our

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How often do we walk past swans and not even notice them? What about the perfect rose? They are there whether we see them or not. You could say that about anything, really. What we choose to focus our lens

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This is yet another tree that I’ve walked past hundreds of times but this time I stopped to really look at it. What peculiar looking acorns on this bur oak tree! So does that fuzzy fringe protect them from the

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I’m sure I’ve walked past this tree over a hundred times. This morning I couldn’t ignore the remarkable green pods displayed like unassuming jewellery on a tree. I looked at it as if seeing it for the first time…compound leaf

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I watch Zoey sleep with her legs up in the air and wonder how is that comfortable? I think when she sleeps she’s meeting one of the criteria of the Healthy Mind Platter and getting proper rest and replenishment for

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There’s so much joy in watching kids play, but how many years of our life do we spend as a kid and how many as an adult? What does play look like for you and where does it get scheduled

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