From Autumn to Winter - TREES

So, finally Winter is here WITH snow.
It's just not the same without it.
I need snow to have the true feeling of Winter.
We did have a snow in November. That was a bit early and it didn't stay.
December and January were rather dull and with no snow.

Now, in the height of the season the snow has returned.
Also with some frost; cold enough for the snow to stay and a bit of sun to come out for the photos of the trees.

Now, I can finally make this last of the season set for the trees:

at the home train station 

at the home train station

the walnut tree 

the walnut tree

at work train station

at work train station

group of Beech trees

group of Beech trees

the Linden tree

the Linden tree

I hope you enjoyed this set.
To review the last ones I add the links to the other sets:
Summer to Autumn
Spring to Summer
Winter to Spring

From Summer to Autumn . TREES

A year can get rather long if you wait for the seasons to change to take the proper photo of single trees.

Although Autumn - with colored and falling leaves - seemed to start a bit earlier this year (in August; which was only due to the dryness all Spring and Summer long), 

the trees I have been photographing and thus watching took their time to show off the yellows and reds and half bare branches. 

Finally they did; not all at the same time though. 

It took about three weeks until I was satisfied with the change. Enough change to show the difference of Summer and Autumn on those trees.

So let's start with the Walnut and Cherry trees at the train station again:

in Summer

in Summer

The cherry trees were the first
to start changing color.

And shortly later they still have the leaves,
but the Walnut tree is nearly barren.

The Walnut tree alone.

And again a bit alter.

Next set of images is the Linden tree:

in Summer

in Autumn - still not lost many leaves

The Bloodplum at my house:

in July

in October - not much change ,
but lots of leaves already down

The small tree at the other train station:

in Summer

in Autumn, scrub in front is brown

The big Chestnut tree:

in Summer with chestnuts on

in Autumn with only half of the leaves

and the group of trees close to the wood where I go jogging in Summer.

in Summer, the wheat already ripe

in Autumn, starting to color

Autumn last year - circle completed.

Finally should come the Apple tree in the wheat field; but that one is still green AND the next season of wheat is starting to grow. It looks too much like Spring.

That will have to get it's own update once the leaves change color or have fallen off with still no snow around it. It's snowing today - rather early this year, but not the earliest ever!

And again I have noticed that there are more trees I have photos of - but forgot a season in between for this kind of report on them as well. Such is life!!

Another "Gardening" Experiment - Bush-Bonsai - Autumn Update

I had thought recently this experiment to have failed and the bush dead.

I was going to discard it. But then the cold weather set in and it was wet, too wet (and cold) for my taste to be playing in the dirt.

Today though, with warm sun and before the weather would change to final Autumn cold and wet for some longer time again, I was back in my garden mowing. By chance, I was on my knees and looked at the bush.

Dry brittle twigs nearly poking my eyes, when suddenly °.°

I see some tiny, fresh green leaves!!!

The bush is still alive!!! =))

So, of course, now even more than before, I will have to take this bucket Bonsai bush into a frost free area over winter --- 

AND 

find a new place for it to grow in (pot or nice spot in the garden where it can stay).

Rivers of Tar

Rivers of Tar

black rivers of tar

like cold lava they are

made by human hand

cutting through the land

with time passing by

no human left to cry

all labour was in vain

nature takes over again