"I heard a winter tree in song. Its leaves were birds, a hundred strong. When all at once it ceased to sing. For every leaf had taken wing." Mervyn Peake.
February has given us in the Southern Tier of New York a gift. We've had four days in a row with blue skies (a break from our normally whitish and dreary winter skies) and mildish temperatures.
Well, mildish for us, anyway. Yesterday it got up to 43 degrees F (6.1 C).
Our local trees celebrated, along with a flock of European starlings (the tiny black dots at the tops of the trees), who were settling down for the night.
I tried to zoom in a little, but didn't want to cut off the parts of the trees full of birds.
This tree even has visible buds on it - it's one of the earliest trees in our neighborhood to bud out, although that is still months away.
And this? It's just hanging out, waiting for the signal to wake up from its long winter sleep. In the meantime, the European starlings may seek it out, too.
I hope this weather doesn't fool the trees. Actually, it won't - we are supposed to be back in the freezer by Sunday, and may get some snow next week.
Joining Parul at Happiness and Food for her twice a month #ThursdayTreeLove.
...a blue sky in February is a treat and we are being treated today!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got to enjoy the nice weather,
ReplyDeleteWe have also enjoyed wonderful deep blue clear skies here over the last few days. That seems to be at an end though as this morning we are back to our typical gray, overcast winter's day.
ReplyDeleteIt's so joyful to get those sunny days in Jan/Feb. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely bright blue sky. I like bare branches against sky.
ReplyDeleteOn Mastodon, I contribute to thicktrunktuesday for trees
ReplyDeleteNice blue skies. The trees look great against them.
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely these trees look so artistic and i like the way you have framed each one of them, thank you for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteWow! Lovely images. The blue of the sky is gorgeous!
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