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Three times, I witnessed a teenage boy leaning in close to a flowering tree with his phone. Once by the library. Once by the Sojourner Truth statue. Once on a sidewalk. Three times in two hours of running errands. The same boy. Each time, he held a budding branch in hand — gently, not hurting the tree — taking pics. I’d like to think it was just wonder at the changes afoot but it is probably a school assignment. In either case, he was closely attuned to the natural world. #smallstories