The cottonwoods in the backyard are all bright yellow in their foliage. In the afternoon sun, it illuminates the entire back of the house with a warm, yellow glow. Yellow, yellow, yellow.<\/p>\n
(I can’t find any synonyms for “yellow” in my thesaurus.)<\/p>\n
Of course, it also means that I really <\/i>need to rake leaves again this weekend. But, for the moment, I’ll take it as a Neat Thing In My Life.<\/p>\n
Yellow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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