Sunday 6 February 2011

Trees in the Serpentine Walk

Ash keys silhouetted against a clear blue sky. All the keys in the direction of the prevailing wind. The black buds of the ash are also beginning to appear, reputedly one of the deepest blacks in nature.
Elsewhere in the Walk pussy willow and hazel catkins appearing.
After the recent stormy weather a tree trunk lies fallen at the beginning of the Walk. The tree had been dead for some time,an elm that had succombed to Dutch elm disease.

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