What matter that it is not May,
That birds have flown, and trees are bare,
That darker grows the shortening day,
And colder blows the wintry air!
– from Burning Drift-Wood by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
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St Albans, Hertfordshire, December 2016
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, February 2020
Central Park, New York City, February 2017
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 July 2021
Posted as part of Becky’s TreeSquare
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I like all of these. The fog really adds to the look in the first and the two trees are both unusual and attractive.
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I like those twin trees! And I have wintry, foggy trees today, too.
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Brrr, looks cold!
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All looks a bit nippy
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🙂
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So forlorn in black and white 🤗💕
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Stunning they look.
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I love deciduous trees in winter – a great time to appreciate their intricacies and their shape
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The first tree is the best. Thank you 😊
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Yes, it has a great shape.
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Thank you, Debbie.
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ooh you are taking us into winter as much as the current weather is!! wonderful photos though 🙂
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There’s certainly no way of guessing that it’s July outside!
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our heating came on this morning!!
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Oh my! I suppose it is the 13th😢
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how can time fly in the middle of a pandemic?!
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Well, for me, I’d say it’s my age. For you, it’s being busy!
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But you are not that much older than me!!!!
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You’re such a charmer!
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I realy love the second tree !
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I found that on a very happy wander around the botanical gardens in Edinburgh
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