The maple flowers are bright yellow, the emerging leaves are deep red.
I got out to the garden in the nice mid-day sunshine on Sunday and tilled up the strip of the vegetable garden where I plant climbing beans and peas. If I'm feeling industrious this morning, I will get out and rake through it and re-attach the section of fencing that serves as a trellis. It would be nice to get some seeds in the ground before it gets to be too late. We are expecting some rain to start around noon today.
I'd never taken a good look at maple flowers. Beautiful and so nice in the sunlight.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully detailed photo!
ReplyDeleteIt's always exciting to begin planting seeds! Those red maple flowers cause a lot of allergies for me, alas.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few put in as street trees not far from where I live. I've often idly wondered in the flowering season what kind of a tree they were, and now I know - thank you!
ReplyDeleteWere you upstairs looking out at the top of the trees, or is that one of your telephoto lens you are using? Nice shot, either way.
ReplyDeletemitch, I don't remember maple flowers from my childhood. I do remember the "helicopter" seeds.
ReplyDeletebettyann, thanks!
thickethouse, ugh!
autolycus, a common tree in the northeaster US.
mary, it's from the deck, one floor above ground, and yes, with a telephoto lens. Good call!