Spring buds

Buds, which are helpful in identifying plants and trees, come in many shapes and types, including: scaly, covered, hairy and naked, as this chart shows beautifully:

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud#/media/File:Plant_Buds_clasification.svg)

Spring is on the way and many buds are popping on this cool, foggy morning.

Magnolia: hairy, covered, terminal

Plum: covered and dew kissed

Red maple: scaly, rounded

Crabapple: scaly

Blueberry: scaly

unidentified: scaly and rounded

Winter Tree Portraits

A true joy of winter is the observing of trees 

and their beautiful 

varied shapes and structures. 

Their bones.  

Their skeletons.

A foggy evening made for 

a perfect backdrop 

for these tree portraits. 

Maple (Acer)

River Birch (Betula nigra)

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar)

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)