After a series of photographs of tulip poplar buds, here is an image of a single leaf, newly unfolded.
Today I took yet another in a series of photographs of tulip poplar buds opening. This image reminds me of a figure with bowed head (the folded over leaf) extending a raised hand in blessing to travelers along the road.
I offer one more image of an unfurling tulip poplar leaf. I can almost touch the hairs on this leaf, and the silky softness of the covering on the bud.
Another trio of tulip poplar images, from today’s Piney Woods Church Road outing.
If I’m not going to be a popular photographer, I think I will at least be a poplar one! The tulip poplar leaves are continuing to unfold from their buds along Piney Woods Church Road, and I remain entranced by the process. Here are three more images, from yesterday’s walk.
On my Piney Woods Church Road walk this morning, I found new growth everywhere I looked. These new leaves seem to glow from within with the vitality of springtime.
In the early morning, new leaves are aflame with color and light. I set out looking for frost, but I found fire instead.
Almost everywhere I look along Piney Woods Church Road, buds are bursting open and new leaves emerging on the trees and shrubs. I feel so ignorant, because most of them I cannot actually identify yet, until the leaves unfurl completely and flowers bloom. And maybe not even then…