As 49-year-olds from small towns go, I am fairly tech-savvy. I do my share of cursing at the computer, but mostly I like new gadgetry and software. And I am in awe of the technology inside my cameras, coming as I do from the days of black and white film. But still, my favorite lens [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bud’
That place
Posted in Photography, THIS tree, tagged beech, bud, leaf, Photography on April 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
At last
Posted in Photography, THIS tree, tagged beech, bud, leaf, new, Photography, spring, tree on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the flowers had been shooting up and blossoming, the beech tree had been taking its time. Pushing out those tight, cigar-shaped buds, gradually pushing the old leaves off the branch. And now at last the show begins.
Going, going…
Posted in General knowledge, Philosophy, tagged beech, bud, leaf on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now we are at the very end of the cycle… and the very beginning. All the leaves have dropped from the elderly beech tree that I’ve been following so intently. The branches are covered with buds. But in my yard, 15 miles away, the younger beech trees still hold firmly to their pale dried leaves [...]
