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A cascade of red leaves shivers in the chilly wind off the ocean.

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The bittersweet vine insinuates itself into the granite scrable forming a thicket where plumed grasses dance.

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deep blue berries adopt a neighboring branch of leaves stained with the color of the fading season

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An abundance of autum fruit crowds the dense thickets blanketing the steep rocky landscape of Halibut Point

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Juniper berries weigh down prickly branches brushing the ancient granite boulders with a sharp tickle.

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The outermost point of Cape Ann meets the deep ocean at Halibut Point. Brooding clouds warn...

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Barren bittersweet vines stripped of their leaves and berries by smashing waves and briny winds

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Whip-lash knots of summer growth cling to barren granite rocks refusing to forget the kinder days of summer

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Tree roots spread too many fingers to follow along the path in the deep woods

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Orange leaves are set aglow for only a moment. The dappled sky hosts a steeple chase cloud...

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I think these are sasafrass leaves used to flavor root beer. For a monent their broad smile catches the fleeting warmth from the capricious sun.

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Granite ridges like breaching whales break throgh the forest thickets pointing the way to secret gardens of moss and lichen.

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From this smooth granite ridge a vista of miles looks out over the forest canopy.

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Cloud islands float in measureless vast blue beyond the known horizon

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Lichen and pine needles arrange themselves in patterns minding a mysterious order

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The shapely grace of maple leaves luxuriate in the last blush of autumn.

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The forest reaches for the open spaces of the granite ridge but strong winds sweep bare...

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The pitch pine, ever ready to concede to mighty forces, bends to curtsy spreading green skirts of homage and appeal.

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