Each fall, this stately maple slips into a blazing red coat, then gracefully undresses for its long winter sleep.
Plants
Every season provides a profusion of
beauty. Today it is a bouquet of golden rods sprinkled among some type of tiny white flowers.
Leaning trees and ferns in Seward Park in Seattle, Washington.
This yellow field along Alabama 431, somewhere between Oxford and Guntersville, was so beautiful I had to stop and make a picture. There were other fields with patches of yellow, but this one was almost uniformly covered with yellow flowers.
For some reason I like the look of these dead, dried plants that line up in formation along some of the farmlands in South Georgia. When I drive I-75N during the winter, I look for locations where I can make a picture and yet be safe from the traffic that is whizzing by. This time I found a location, looked for a break in the traffic, took several pictures, quickly got back in my car, shut the door, and drove off happy. I had my picture!
Somewhere in South Georgia..
Transient leaves change colors, fade, fall, and die.
Enduring tree trunks stand exposed, erect, and live again.
Steven Norman
When I saw this plant I was reminded of the saying, “Between a rock and a hard place.” What does it make you think of?
Petrified National Forest
Arizona
Great Smokey Mountains National Park
Tennessee, USA
Community Farmer’s Market
Bo Diddley Community Plaza
Gainesville, FL
I am always amazed at the ability of trees and plants to grow, thrive, and be fruitful in some of the most difficult places. Learning their secret of growth can help us grow.
Steven's Travels and Thoughts 