On this beautiful summer evening when the temperature is 80 degrees F, the humidity is low, and I’m surrounded by lush green leaves on trees and flowers blooming in my garden, it seems really strange – almost surreal, to be posting photos of winter trees. I have posted the trees of summer and fall for Becky’s July TreeSquares, now I am ready to post winter’s trees.
I love trees in winter, how snow collects on branches creating a stark contrast of white and black and the long shadows cast by the de-robed skeleton of trunk and branches by the low winter sun. I have emotional memories from childhood of being fascinated by the flicker of tree shadows through the car window as we drove down winter roads, like a 16 mm film. I am still intrigued by this magic of sun and shadow.
I don’t have much time to enjoy the trees of winter now that we spend most of it in Florida where there aren’t many deciduous trees. One of those trees is the bald cypress that I enjoy when we drive down the few dirt roads in the Everglades.
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Your winter trees are stunning – not a sight we get in sunny Singapore!
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I have never grown tired of this beauty – although it and the cold loose a bit of their magic after 4 months. 🙂
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I hear you Pat – too cold for too long!
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Pat, I particularly love that first picture with the snow. It does seem strange to see it mid-summer, but it is very beautiful. 🙂
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Very strange indeed – I think we were having a heat wave when I posted it. 🙂
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LOL You just needed something to cool you down. We have had monsoons for about the last month, so the temperatures in Prescott have been lovely.
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What are the monsoons like, Marsha?
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Beautiful white puffy clouds start gathering in the morning. By afternoon they have all turned dark gray, and by four or five the thunder and lightning start. Rain comes down in buckets, fills up all the ponds and dry pathways built to guide them into the lakes, and we have flash flood warnings. You don’t want to be out hiking during these times or be caught between big rocks. People do get hurt even killed.
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We live in southern Florida in the winter, but in the summer they have daily thunder/lightening storms at the same time you describe. But the land is flat and sandy so it doesn’t cause flash floods. Flooding only happens with hurricanes. We are across the street from canals that go to the Gulf of Mexico and are about 1.5 miles from the Gulf so flooding is a worry whenever there is a hurricane. Thanks for sharing a part of your life.
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Thanks Pat. We used to go to Punta Gorda in the SUMMER when I was a kid. Are you close to there?
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Thanks, Becky.
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ooh I nearly missed this wonderful one – thank goodness for galleries as it means I come back and check 🙂
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Always happy to have you visit, Becky. 🙂
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🙂
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Four wonderful pictures. The second one looks like an artificial Christmas tree.
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Beautiful photos!!
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Ah, that makes me feel cooler!
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Chuckle, chuckle.
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😊
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Lovely. We don’t see much ice or snow on trees anymore, so this is a pleasure!
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Agree…quite refreshing as temps here pass 100. 😦
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Can I get you an iced tea?
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A refreshing post to read with all this heat we’re having!
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Maybe I should post more snow photos in summer like I do summer flowers in winter. 🙂
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It is a good reminder to enjoy the warm weather while it is here. 😉
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