Thursday, 6 May 2010

trees on a sunlit evening


Spring is rather compressed this year, with everything happening in rapid time.
Here are some trees in spring mode, starting above with the grey of young rowan leaves, almost like hands opening.
Even at this stage you can see the shape of the hazel leaf as it unfolds and grows

Oak leaves are sometimes very pale coloured in their first days. You can see the oak flower hanging down.

Blackthorn's flower is far more obvious. Normally the flowers appear before the leaves, but this year the leaves are unfurling already.

Alder leaves rather like origami as they emerge.

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