The Bees Have (Been) Moved On

 

No Snow Yet in the Orchards

After bright fall leaves depart,

the orchards' color comes from the bark,

deep red in the case of cherry trees.

Background yellow comes

from willows along the creek.

A Few Remaining Swathes of Color

The sketchiness of the popples' remaining yellow against the dark of the evergreens was like a dance. Many orchards are still bright, as trees in the woods woods have gone bare, their leaves stripped off by high winds. What will we see when the orchard boughs are bare? The massed color of their bark, in clouds of muted purple.

For November Color, Look to the Orchards

Bright Sun and Color Are Irresistible in the Cherry Orchards

Dandelions add so much,

attracting bees

and camera eyes.

But really, it's all about the cherry blossoms.

Onion Snow or Cherry Snow?

Heard on the radio the other day that snow in the South in springtime (how much of that do they get, I wonder?) is called "onion snow," because it arrives so late that the onions are already up. Well, my onions are up, too, but in the orchards there was white on the ground and white on the branches. Cherry snow, I'm thinking. Snow in May: Up North weather.