new growth

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

seasonal adjustments:  today was a good day for cutting ivy off a neighbour's heavily infested tree (ended up having to use a chain saw -- delicately -- to finish what had been started last fall with hand tools), for cleaning off the porch and for hanging up the hammock. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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4^th Avenue

one hardly needs the highlight of afternoon sun to pick out the new growth on these branches. 

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the Circle

shadow of leaf through blossom - the slanty afternoon light is having fun with the leaves, too. 

Cornus florida

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Bittersweet Cottage garden

platycerium

the platycerium has moved outside for the summer, seen here getting some late afternoon sun.  the swath of purple in the lower L is from sunlight on azaleas blooming in the Circle.