Monday, December 28, 2009

Better late than never

For months I've been enjoying beautiful fall foliage on blogs from other areas. Around here, deciduous trees are few and far between. But lately I've been noticing this one small stand of cottonwood trees on my way to the market. These cottonwoods, tucked behind an office building, could easily go unnoticed most of the year. However, because I'm blogging, these trees have my attention.


12/16/09





















12/20/09

12/27/09





















Once they get going, they sure change quickly!

Next time I go by this tree, I expect it to be nearly bare.
Then before long, new leaves will begin to grow. We have short winters here in this corner of the desert, lasting from late December through January.

For more posts with the color yellow, check out Mellow Yellow Monday.

21 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Love the yellow trees, those leaves are really hanging in there.

Icy BC said...

Beautiful yellow tree, Diane!

Have a wonderful and great New Year.

rainfield61 said...

The pieces of gold were hanging up there.

You counted one, you counted two, three, four and ....

And it is spring.

Loree said...

Love how quickly the trees are changing colour.

Lindy said...

Those are so pretty. Change of leaves means it's cooling down enough there to go hiking again! =)

Sunny said...

Lovely colors.
Our trees are white at the moment!
Happy New Year.
Sunny :)

Kim, USA said...

So good to see fall foliage..here in MI we are covered with white and the trees are all brown ^_^ Winter is officially here! ^_^

MYM~BMTricycle/Trisikad

Annie Jeffries said...

Beautiful series, Diane.

Stephanie V said...

Nice that someone still has yellow in their natural world. Good to see!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Beautiful Fall colors in December in Arizona, Diane... I remember when I lived in Texas (Houston area), we never had any Fall much until November and December either.

Gorgeous tree... Glad you caught it's colors before they are gone.
Hugs,
Betsy

cieldequimper said...

Beautiful, so beautiful!
Takes us back a couple of months!

XoXo said...

Lovely colors, like them...so vibrant. Wishing you a good 2010!

Self Sagacity said...

you're right. far and few in between. pretty pictures

Chubskulit Rose said...

lovely fall colors!

Have a glimpse of a Japanese Yukata outfit at my page. Happy New Year!

Tom Bailey said...

I like the third and the last one the best. These are great photos - thanks for sharing them.

Tom Bailey

Ayie said...

I like how you documented the trees, I can tell it's bare by this time now.

Most trees in our neighborhood have gone from colorful to bald. Only some have handful of leaves.

Belated CHristmas wishes to you and your family!!

Unknown said...

Very nice. I can relate to "...because I'm blogging, these trees have my attention". I think I'm more observant!

nuts said...

i'll wait for the next photo here.. lovely shots of a tree!

SquirrelQueen said...

Gorgeous colors Diane. I like how you revisited the tree each week to record the changes in the leaves.

betchai said...

beautiful Diane, like in Tucson, we still do have some fall foliage here and some wildflowers are already starting to pop out here and there :)

Thérèse said...

A very nice colors' declination!
Same here! :)