Thursday, January 23, 2020

Red and Yellow #ThursdayTreeLove #blogboost

A number of bloggers who participate in Parul's twice a month #ThursdayTreeLove live in climates where snow is rare or nonexistent.  They enjoy photos I take in the winter - winterscapes that are ho hum ordinary to me but are a treat for them.

This winter, we've either had too much snow or hardly any.   After a miserable Saturday with snow and some ice, we are now going back into warmer than normal weather.

So here is a snow picture from my "archives".

Snow is pretty (in my humble opinion) as long as you don't have to shovel it, drive in it, walk in it, but there is more to winter than snow.


But some trees here are planted just for their winter interest.  In our local botanical gardens, we have these two trees.  These look like bushes, but are actually a type of dogwood tree.  In the winter, one shows off its red bark, and one shows off its yellow bark.

Dogwood trees don't only show their personality with lovely flowers.  Sometimes, it's also....(wait for it....)

....their bark.

Day 23 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge #blogboost

14 comments:

  1. Only a dusting of snow here, and weather that is much too warm.

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  2. I agree. Snow falling on your neighbor's driveway and lawn is glorious. When it's yours to shovel, it's grueling.

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  3. A little color in winter. Nice.

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  4. I used to have a red dogwood that grew up the house like a climber, it was planted as a shrub.

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  5. The red twig dogwood is quite striking and colorful in the winter landscape.

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  6. I've never seen those dogwood trees. I am going to have to look into them for my garden. Thank you for sharing them.

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  7. Red Osier Dogwood and snow form a pair almost as beautiful as snow and conifers.

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  8. Beautiful photos Alana! How I loved seeing the fresh fallen snow covering our pine trees when we lived in the north. It was like a blanket from the Angels.

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  9. Wow! Those colors of the bark are so pretty. I love the snow too. You are right. I have seen snow a few times in my life so it's so exciting to see through your pictures, Alana. Glad you shared.
    Hope to see you on the 13th.

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  10. The snow is definitely pretty and it is prettier in the pictures where one doesn't have to shovel it. :) Such lovely colored dogwood trees!

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  11. Red and yellow bark against a winter background. Must look stunning. It's amazing how everything in nature looks beautiful during different times of the year. And yes snow does look pretty especially when you just have to watch it.

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  12. This is new info.. I only knew about Dogwood foliage and their flowers! Lovely!!

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