Trees Before the Leaves

Enjoying the beauty of bare branches

Today ’s photo arrive from Dusanka Marusic in Nassau County , New York .

The ash grey lining to the coronavirus is spending more time looking out each windowpane of our home as winter turn to spring . It ’s become a good time to clean up and evaluate the trees before the leaf add up out . Now that we are asked to stay home , I have found more time to appreciate the trees , their structural beauty . Some limbs might need to be trimmed , but hiring a work party will postulate to wait .

The willow ’s light green color is a borrowed view that is welcome .

The silhouette of a secure oak tree .

Thisstar magnolia(Magnolia stellata , Zones 4–9 ) was implant by my son a few years ago . It ’s become a Mother ’s Day annual gift . Now I just demand to decide which tree to pluck for this May .

Once the river birch(Betula nigra , Zones 4–9 ) leaves come , I hardly comment the neighbors ’ home .

Leafless branches make an intricate figure against a blue bound sky .

Mature trees are a wonderful feature in any landscape or region .

bring just a week after the rest of these photos , this range of a function demonstrate how springtime is beginning to show as the first sign of leaves develop on the trees .

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