Friday, December 6, 2013

Stark and Cold.......


My riverbirch displays the starkness that comes with cold. I notice the outside temperatures were dropping more during breakfast.  The lowest temp we had before I went to school we a -1 degrees F. (-18 C)  I think it should warm up from there to 20 degrees F. (-6 degrees C.). The faint green of the grass in the background should be history quite soon.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the tree bark, but not the bitter cold. Take care.

Patsy said...

I think the bark is amazing

claude said...

I do not like cold weather either.
The birds you saw on my blog are birds from Martinique Island in the West French Indies where we had our last vacation.
Have a nice week-end, Larry.

Valerie said...

I am surprised trees survive in really cold weather and to discard the outer layer of bark is really brave... smiles.

Hilary said...

There are lovely textures and colours in that bark. Great pic.

Great Specimen

  The variegated red twig is doing well this  year. The rains of little amount still did revive it from its winter slumber.  The bush was pl...