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Mary Hrovat
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Essayist and poet. Autistic. Books, trees, clouds, sky.

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The oak trees have shed their leaves and gone to sleep.
An outdoor stairway next to a stone wall with a metal handrail. A glimpse of gray sky at the top of the stairs. Large brown oak leaves have accumulated at the bottom of the stairs.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Bur oak in front of the Indiana Memorial Union.
A very large old bur oak tree stands in front of a limestone building, with a central tower flanked by wings. A long outdoor staircase leads up to the entrance.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Wednesday's sky. Cold and windy.
Heavy gray clouds, with bare trees along the bottom of the photo.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Sweetgum leaf.
A yellow sweetgum leaf face-down on a red brick sidewalk. The red bricks are damp with rain and reflect various sources of downtown light.
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Trees in the golden hour.
Mostly leafless trees standing among many fallen leaves under a blue sky. A couple of small trees near the center of the photo have brownish-orange leaves.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Sunday's fungi.
Mushrooms growing on the end of a log lit by late-afternoon sunlight. Part of another log appears at lower right; fallen leaves lie on the ground.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Sunday's sky.
Deep blue twilight sky with an orange glow along the horizon and a crescent moon near center left. Trees and memorial markers silhouetted under an entry arch bearing a sign with cutout letters reading "Rose Hill Cemetery, Est. 1892."
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Saturday's sky. First blue sky I've seen in a while.
Blue sky with irregular stripes of cloud. Part of a leafless tulip poplar on the right.
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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My latest at 3 Quarks Daily.

"...the past is simultaneously absent and present."

3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
Books As Memorabilia - 3 Quarks Daily
by Mary Hrovat
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November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Some nice trees from earlier this month.
Two tall trees with colorful leaves, nicely lit by late-afternoon sun. Other trees in the background; the sky is blue with white clouds.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Monday's sunset.
Bare trees silhouetted against clouds and blue sky. The clouds near the horizon are brightly lit by golden sunset light.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Monday's reflected sky.
Blue sky and white clouds reflected in a wetland puddle. Fallen leaves and dead grasses (?) around the edges of the water. Boardwalk along the bottom of the frame.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Monday's sky.
Bare trees backed by blue sky with white clouds in rough patterns.
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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It's the 25th anniversary of my mother's death. I have many great photos of her with my father or with me and/or my siblings, but I also love this photo of her as a young woman. I miss her.
Photograph of a young woman in a sleeveless print dress, sitting in a chair in front of a wooden partition. She's looking off to the side with a thoughtful look on her face.
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Shadow.
Outdoor area with red brick paving and light-colored stone or concrete walls. Sunlight is coming through a decorative grille set into the wall on the left, causing a patterned shadow to fall on the red bricks. Blue sky, trees, and the top of a flight of stairs in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Sunday's sky, persimmon edition.
Photo of leafless persimmon tree bearing many small orange fruits, with blue sky behind it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Sunday's sky, oak edition.
Photo of brilliant red sunlit oak leaves and branches, with a little blue sky visible behind them.
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Early Saturday evening.
Puffy dark clouds and hazy blue sky, with a treetop at lower right.
November 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Saturday morning.
Clouds like loosely packed cotton balls in a blue sky. The sun is outside of the frame on the right.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Cloud, Orion.
A rather spongy cloud in a dark sky above the constellation Orion, which has not quite cleared the treetops along the bottom of the frame. The bright star Rigel appears just above a pine tree.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Trees, mid-November.
A slope in a forest. Several trees with sunlit orange and yellow leaves, standing amid bare trees.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Beech leaves.
Dry brown beech leaves on a small branch, lit by late-afternoon sunlight. The veins in the leaves are visible. Out-of-focus forest in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Thursday's sky.
Twilight sky, faint orange glow near the horizon and muted blue sky above that, with dark clouds in roughly horizontal bands. Treetops and part of a building in silhouette along the bottom of the photo, with the branches of a tree on the left.
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Fall and winter, overlapping.
The center of the image shows sloping ground covered in yellow leaves, framed by trees. In the foreground, two low curved stone walls on opposite banks of a small creek. In the distance, behind a screen of trees, buildings and sidewalks.
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Tuesday's sky.
Gray clouds brushed with rosy pink, with glimpses of a twilight blue sky. A corner of a building and a treetop at bottom left.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM