As Robert Frost reminds us, "Nothing gold can stay." Soon this festive covering will be raked or blown away but for a moment, a golden glow to brighten a soggy day.
A slave to the Goddess Flora shares his garden adventures.
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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
A Puddle of Sunshine on a Dark and Gloomy Day
Saturday last was a rather dark day, low clouds made the streetlights come on very early. On the way to Vassey Nursery, there's a Gingko tree that seems to loose it's leaves all at once each autumn. The result is a pool of gold that catches the eye.
As Robert Frost reminds us, "Nothing gold can stay." Soon this festive covering will be raked or blown away but for a moment, a golden glow to brighten a soggy day.
As Robert Frost reminds us, "Nothing gold can stay." Soon this festive covering will be raked or blown away but for a moment, a golden glow to brighten a soggy day.
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Yes! Gold. There's a street down here with a large center divider that is lined with them. They glow around the first week of December sometimes with a snow-capped mountain behind them. Thanks for the reminder. Everything is still green green green here.
ReplyDeleteGinkgos are interesting to watch in the autumn. Mine (from you) hasn't even begun coloring up yet, but when it does...
ReplyDeleteIts odd how it all came down at once... I like the expression "a puddle of sunshine"; it so fitting. The old birch in our back garden is last to shade it's leaves, but when it does, the entire yard is painted golden yellow; I love the look. No so much the raking that follows.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Did you see any confused Leprechauns?
ReplyDeletePeter you are so creative with your description of the puddle of sunshine,.
ReplyDeleteI love it ! .. I also love the Ginkgo trees, their Fall colour is so gorgeous.
I almost missed my bits of beauty because of the reno, but I was happy to sneak a few pictures in. There is a tree not too far away in our neighborhood that I swear every year I will get a picture of .. brilliant gold with a dark bark trunk .. when the sun hits it a certain way .. well it is magic to me and yet I fail to get a picture every darn year .. big sigh !
Thanks for dropping by and questioning our sanity meter, you are totally right!! LOL
Wonderful post. You have going to fetch my Robert Frost!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the beginning of the yellow brick road. ha.. We have a tree in the neighborhood that does the same thing. One of our local parks also has a big ole ginko tree that does this.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful Frost quote to go with your beautiful photos. I remember internalizing that poem when I was young, even though it heavily mentions leaves, to mean that my gorgeous golden hair would one day turn white as snow -- and so it has.
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteSO beautiful! Thanks for sharing it, Peter!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of leaves, and they are gorgeous! Looks like my backyard, except the leaves here are brown, orange, and rusty Oaks and Hickories. :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! Makes sweeping up easier when they all fall at once.
ReplyDeleteThat the leaves migrate from tree to ground all at once makes for an arresting picture. We chose our Katsura for that very quality.
ReplyDeleterickii
Ginkgo do have amazingly bright yellow leaves in autumn. Nice photo!
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