Showing posts with label Japanese Cherry Blossom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese Cherry Blossom. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

It's A Beautiful Day! Cue Up U2



Which scene do you like best? I will take either one! But, it is always good to see the blooms on my Dwarf Japanese Cherry Blossom come back each year, since it started life like a sickly preemie. Hallllo tree.
I've been trying to take a picture of it in every season. Two down; two to go. No rush on my part! We've barely had any spring in the Midwest this year. I wanted to get a picture before the wind or rain blow the pretty pinkish white blossoms off!
I always worry about this tree, but I guess I should have been more worried about the skinny 20' maple in the front yard. It split straight up the trunk over the winter. The nursery person said, "uh, I dunno what ya do." They should be closed down by the Tree Authority or something. The local Extension Office (does the entire US have extension offices? If not, I should explain what that is.) said, "Do nothing. Watch and wait. Too late to wrap it back together." But, they did say filling the crack with tar is a myth, a very bad myth. So we shall see. Yes, I am a tree hugger.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

It's Winter Everywhere


At the suggestion of another Flickr artist, I cropped my Charlie Brown tree photo, and found it was well received, enough even to get some "winter photography" awards in Flickr. Cool. Actually freezing. Award at right, buried under 15 inches of snow.

And although the Blythes are supposed to hang out on their own blog http://bly-me.blogspot.com, Lilly just wanted to say Happy Holidays and show off her angel wings from the Victoria's Secret catwalk, because some of her photos got the new Faerie Zine Award of Magic, also at right.