Talked to our niece Megan, a benefit of sharing a common road with my other baby brother and nephew. ( We get to see their company too!) Megan is expecting her fourth child in about a month.
Our White Oak trees have tenacious leaves. The new buds will push the old leaves off the trees. The leaves rattle in the wind and sometimes they are forced off by strong winds and are propelled along the snowbanks. When the leaves begin to fall we will know that Spring has sprung!
Far Side
My Grandmother had a wonderful story about the oak leaves and why they hung on so long.
ReplyDeleteThe Story here---> https://mulewings.blogspot.com/2007/11/legends-of-fall.html
Thanks Val that is a wonderful story:)
DeleteGlad to see it's beginning to look like spring there, too. I'm going to go read that legend from Val in the previous comment. :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad signs of spring in your area are appearing. Last week I saw a wildflower, first one of this year...Harbinger of Spring (Salt and Pepper).
ReplyDeleteOak trees do have a strange way to lose their leaves. I have a pin oak at the old place and it does a similar thing too. I like the birch trees in the photo.
ReplyDeleteYep, looking springy :-)
ReplyDeleteSeveral cottonwoods along my street have been hanging on to some leaves all winter. Little by little, they are falling now that it's warmer.
ReplyDeleteA new Spring baby! What a wonderful time of year.
ReplyDeleteSo nice you live close to family so you can enjoy the grand nieces and nephews. We have no snow on the ground, even in the woods. But they are predicting snow for tonight. Of course. It will melt soon though. Right now we have rain, but yesterday I took a walk down our dirt roads (which also were much less muddy than they have been) and enjoyed a blue sky and almost warm temps. Today, rain and cold. It MUST be spring!
ReplyDeleteWe had a tree that for the first time kept it’s leaves this year. It was strange to see them fluttering in the wind this winter. A new spring baby! How fun. My middle son was born in April and it was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Oh those stubborn leaves! I know them well. We have a pear tree in the front yard and that tree holds on to its leaves all winter long, for the most part, and the driveway is littered with them year round. I pray your snow melts soon. Love, Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteUsed Val's link and loved the oak leaves story.
ReplyDeleteReally melting quite quickly here, too, considering there are still freezing temps at night. Does feel like spring! And a spring baby, too--nice! :)
You still have lots of snow. Most of our snow is gone...just snowbanks.
ReplyDeleteYour snow is melting fast now! It was just a bit warmer last week and our trees have started budding but today is cold with light snow flurries. I'm ready to see that sun come back!
ReplyDeleteWell that dry walk to the mail box is encouraging. Looks like the snow is melting. It's funny you wrote about those oak trees. I had finally finished raking the back yard near the pond but noticed today that one of the oaks was dropping it's big brown leaves. Like it was waiting for me to finish raking. I was complaining to Dan about it. Wonder if it is a white oak.
ReplyDeleteLook at that beautiful sky! We had rain today and get this....a freeze warning for this weekend! Yep, 29 F....my peas are in and kale but they can handle it.
ReplyDeleteLess mud is a good thing. I've been admiring that blue blue sky too!!
ReplyDeleteStarting to look better
ReplyDeleteA little wind today out off the northwest helped to dry the driveway here, and the snow is slowly going down. The sun;ight makes all the difference in my mood!
ReplyDeleteI bet you will be glad when the snow is gone...
ReplyDeleteIt's odd that some kinds of oaks have such persistent leaves. We have them here too, but as ornamentals, not natives. It seems like season confusion to think that leaves falling is a sign of spring.
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