Ginkgos

In the mountains of Western North Carolina, the late October snow brought down all of the ginkgo leaves, before they'd turned their characteristic luminous yellow.In the piedmont of South Carolina, the leaves are starting to turn right now.  The smaller of the two trees in the garden where I used...

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Ginkgo fall colors

a luminous ginkgoFrom my study window, the ginkgo under the power line corridor is amazing right now -- both from the study and our bedroom.  We planted it almost 20 years ago, so it's tall now.  And beautiful this year.view from my st...

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Storm time

I've been reminded again today, as Sandy approaches the northeastern U.S., of the power of storms.We've had nothing but some strong winds and a bit of rain today, mainly from a Gulf-based system, not Sandy.  But leaves blew off, raining down on the lawn and mulched beds. I wish we'd got some more...

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