The leafless trees that give us such striking silhouettes against our wintry skies, are known as deciduous, which actually means “falling off at maturity”. This grand fellow looks pretty mature, but there may be some saplings who feel the name is not particularly glamorous.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 March 2019
Posted as part of #spikysquares
Travel with Intent 
Well I never knew that is what deciduous actually means. A word I use lots but don’t really think about. So thank you for that Debbie, and also for such a lovely spiky tree 🙂
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I love the tree in black and white Debbie 🙂
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Yes, it’s shape stands out well in b&W and it looks more domineering.
But I’m having a hard day at work and added the colour one to brighten my day 🙂
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Hope your day has got better xxx
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Any way to brighten a day is good 🙂
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What a gorgeous tree. I bet it is very pretty when in season.
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Yes, it’s a lovely park with a great lake, old trees, and herons and kingfishers.
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