Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Last of The Winter Leaves

Over the weekend there was a real smell of Spring in the air.

A hint, a suggestion, a promise maybe, of new growth to come.

I went for a walk round Dalbeattie Woods, camera in hand. No real sign of new buds yet, but there was still a small handful of the last leaves, hanging on despite all the winter winds and storms.

Soon they will be replaced by fresh green foliage.

But not just yet.







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13 comments:

  1. hope2:11 pm, March 23, 2016

    Aw, that top leaf looks so lonely. Great capture.

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  2. Kim Ayres2:25 pm, March 23, 2016

    Thanks Hope :)

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  3. Allen Capoferri9:43 pm, March 23, 2016

    Love these, Kim.

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  4. Kim Ayres10:55 pm, March 23, 2016

    Thanks Allen :)

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  5. Anonymous2:44 am, March 24, 2016

    Beautiful photos of leaves. Lz

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  6. Ponita in Real Life3:08 am, March 24, 2016

    The centre leaf is rather Middle Earth troll-ish. I like!

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  7. Kim Ayres11:04 am, March 24, 2016

    Lz - thank you :)

    Ponita - I know what you mean - I think it's my favourite :)

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  8. TamraKi7:29 pm, March 27, 2016

    Very nice photos and words

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  9. Kim Ayres10:55 pm, March 27, 2016

    Thank you TamraKi - and for taking the time to comment :)

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  10. neena maiya (guyana gyal)11:03 pm, March 28, 2016

    Like you, I'm fascinated with leaves, Kim. The sounds they make, the way they skitter down the street, the colours fading...I won't go on, I think you know what I mean.

    Beautiful photos!

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  11. Kim Ayres11:07 pm, March 28, 2016

    Neena - you should go on - you do more with words than I can with photos :)

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  12. Yaya Snaps4:19 pm, March 29, 2016

    There's something wonderfully beautiful about your "dead" leaves. If they bring joy to the eye and the soul (through your photography) can they be truly dead?!

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  13. Kim Ayres5:43 pm, March 29, 2016

    Theanne - thank you :) There can be a lot of beauty in decay - photographically, though, it requires finding or creating the right light though. A few years back I posted a series of photos of peonies, but it was the final, decaying one in the series, which I liked the most:
    http://kimayres.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/peonies.html

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