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Column: Pondering the judgment the animals shall pass "> Will Lange. Copyright (c) Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Modified: 7/6/2021 10:10:06 PM Yesterday, an approaching cold front announced the end of the late-June heat wave. The nurseryman and his assistant showed up and planted four little red oaks and two weeping willows in the slowly recovering devastation of my yard caused by a logging operation. This morning the skies blessed the arrivals: Like Shakespeare’s mercy, dropping “as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.” Kiki and I sat protected — if a bit soggy — on the back porch and watched the yard, she for signs of danger, I for evidence of regeneration.