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Northshore October 2025
  Next to the canoe launch in the Ipswich Wildlife Nature Sanctuary, there is a grove of sweet gum trees, an ever-present reminder of how deep the mysteries of nature can run. Sweet gums—with their funky spiked seedpods that rain down in autumn—are more common along southern coastlines. But the trees flourish on the Audubon property. While a bit out of place, the exotic-looking trees have found a natural, life-giving home.  Sandra Venus, an architect turned textile designer, loves the grove, which is near her Wenham home. “It’s hearty and beautiful and quirky, all at the same time,” Venus says. &l
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