Winter Gives Way to Spring

Rain and mist cover everything with water droplets.


Japanese Maple tree.


A monochrome version of the Japanese Maple shot.


Droplets cling to the tiny branches.


This lichen is likin' it.


Euphorbia characias.


Tiny spiders have been busy. Water droplets heavily coat this web.
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The "eyes" of March?

After the Fall

It's still officially Autumn but already the snow from the first winter storm of the season is melting away. A winged seed pod still hangs from a Japanese Maple tree that only a few weeks ago was in the midst of a spectacular color show.


Trapped beneath the ice crust on a frozen puddle, a fallen maple leaf peers up at the rising sunlight.