Here are the shots I took.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Our maple tree.
When my husband and I moved into our house in 1971, the one I still live in, we had to plant a hardwood tree in the front yard. I've always loved the color of maple trees in the fall, so we chose one of those. This many years later, I can't remember what kind of maple it is...whether it's a silver maple or sugar maple or whatever. It is always late in the season for it to get it's color and it seems like it goes from green to bright, sunny yellow in what seems like a matter of days. When we walk out our front door, it's like the sun is shining, even if it isn't. The yellow just glows! It's in that mode right now and it's just beautiful. I missed the best days of the tree with my camera, but managed to get a few pictures of it yesterday.
Here are the shots I took.
Here are the shots I took.
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It's beautiful, Ginni.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a haiku once about a golden maple like that:
Maple in autumn
vain of its golden hair
soon to be very bald.
Have a lovely day.
Beautiful! Our maple turned yesterday and the Kwazon cherry the day before. I took photos yesterday to post (see, great minds do think alike!) and will try to do so this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteHow's Rosie today?
GURL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletethose pictures are simply beautiful!! Lovee would love those so I'll have to show him!!
I'd love to have a Red Maple, but the roots would drive me nuts! lol
An interesting use of words: 'we had to plant' - Had to? is there a story there ?
ReplyDeleteBrad...It was one of the covenants of our neighborhood, to plant a hardwood tree. Everyone had to do it.
ReplyDeleteGinni, these are delightful photos. I can see why it would feel so sunshiny.
ReplyDeleteYou had to plant a hardwood. Interesting. I had to take my maple out a few years ago. It was planted too close to the house, and the roots were growing where they didn't belong. It never got too big, but what a mess it made of the yard grinding the roots up. I had no idea. Your tree is gorgeous. How old is it?
ReplyDeleteThe tree is 37 years old! It was planted in July of 1971.
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