For a little over a year now, I’ve been documenting life in the backyard of our new home in Kingston, NY with what I refer to as video miniatures. My intent is to attempt making connection with the land here via relatively close observation and viewing from varying angles as I add soundtracks and simple editing techniques. I have especially been wanting to do some kind of collaboration with the biggest maple tree that I see just out the back porch windows. Here’s a crude attempt making use of one of the Listening Sticks I found for use with the Delaware River Sounding project done in 1994. https://norlowrey.net/river/river.html#sticks. September 19, 2021, Kingston, NY.