. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . ago FEW weeks kindly snow uponthe lawn revealed tous the odd pranksof the maple seeds, which ap-peared to be standing on theirheads in glee upon the white car-pet. Without the snow to setthem off so sharply, we neverhad noticed them even as now, inApril, we walk the woods, bring-ing chaos and destruction upon. 26 SHARP EYES :r •- whole broods of merrymakers like themselves, thoughscarcely as moderate in their doings. Let us look atthat maple frolic once more. How has it progressed? On with the dance ! On w
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . ago FEW weeks kindly snow uponthe lawn revealed tous the odd pranksof the maple seeds, which ap-peared to be standing on theirheads in glee upon the white car-pet. Without the snow to setthem off so sharply, we neverhad noticed them even as now, inApril, we walk the woods, bring-ing chaos and destruction upon. 26 SHARP EYES :r •- whole broods of merrymakers like themselves, thoughscarcely as moderate in their doings. Let us look atthat maple frolic once more. How has it progressed? On with the dance ! On with the dance! seems tohave been the cry during all these weeks, until now thewoods are full of their wild capers. It is no mere quietand contained exuberance now, but a veritable balmasque, with reel and rigadoon, in which no two of theparticipants seem to be of the same mind in whim orcostume or etiquette, while half of them have literallylost their heads, and the other half their characters, sothat I fancy their own mother-tree abovethem would scarcely recognize the flutter-ing progeny that she sowed upon lastsummers breeze. They are indeed adroll and whimsical lot, this troopbeneath the maple-tree. Surelythis pretty revelry is more thanseeming. It is not easy to con-sider it as a mere exhibition ofgerminating seeds. To the poetand the philosopher it brings itsmost precious
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