November 3

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A few days ago we looked at red-leafed redbud leaves.  Here are some green ones.  This isn't a typical wild-type redbud.  The leaves are much bigger.  But they're green, unlike the redder ones we were looking at before.

Redbud, with a maple here and there.

The bottom side of a redbud leaf, with lots of excellent veinage.

The top side of the same leaf.

Excellent clouds.

Japanese maple leaf, standing up on its tippy toes like a daddy longlegs spider

Oaks and Japanese maples (and a few ordinary maples), on ivy.

Chartreuse goes with pretty much everything.

Magnolia.  Like the tulip tree's leaves, these are a wonderful set of browns......

Ginkgo, mostly.  Leaves and fruit.

Another look at some gingko fruit still on the tree.  Too bad these aren't tasty (or even edible?) -- there are lots of them......

Curb, with creeping charlie coming down from the top, and Japanese maple and "regular maple" and gingko in the gutter.

I wonder why the Japanese maple leaves are all snugged against the curb.....

That little RED Japanese maple over its own red carpet, near the golden gingko carpet is just to the left of the view above.  The red in the image above are its leaves.




Walking on -- another Japanese maple on another property.

Look at the texture.  I don't think I've ever seen texture like this before..........

Bradford pear.  These leaves are much more substantial than most leaves around here.  They don't shrivel up when they dry, and they hold color much better than other leaves.

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