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This is a bud at the end of a branch of the forsythia in the backyard.
It's like the plant knows spring is just around the corner.
I hope it isn't too eager. There is still a lot of time for winter to rear its ugly head.
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It reminds me of the hind paw of a cat sticking up while the cat licks its bottom...
Posted by: Alison | January 11, 2006 at 19:16
Allan, help!
You and Ali and Mike all take such incredible photos. The detail up close is remarkable. I've been messing around with my Canon Digital but can't seem to find a setting that will give me that detail.
Any advice? If you've blogged about this long ago and I missed it, please let me know. I really would like to know some good standard settings for shutter, speed, etc. I'm fairly fed up at this point!!! LOL
Posted by: Carrie | January 11, 2006 at 19:18
MY world is a painted fresco, where coloured shapes / Of old, ineffectual lives linger blurred and warm; / An endless tapestry the past has women drapes / The halls of my life, compelling my soul to conform. // ... // The old dreams are beautiful, beloved, soft-toned, and sure,
But the dream-stuff is molten and moving mysteriously, / Alluring my eyes; for I, am I not also dream-stuff, / Am I not quickening, diffusing myself in the pattern, shaping and shapen? // ... // Oh the great mystery and fascination of the unseen Shaper, / The power of the melting, fusing Force—heat, light, all in one, / Everything great and mysterious in one, swelling and shaping the dream in the flesh, / As it swells and shapes a bud into blossom.//
- D.H. Lawrence, Dreams Old and Nascent
Posted by: Steph | January 12, 2006 at 09:21
You know, nascent is just a fantastic word.
Posted by: Chris | January 12, 2006 at 21:40
Spring? It is still summer here. I wouldn't mind a touch of winter first!
P.S. Happy Birthday!
Posted by: edieraye | January 13, 2006 at 16:36
Ohhhh, this is lovely. I always keep an eye on the trees at this time of year, but here in Edinburgh there's not so much as a snowdrop poking it's head up for a look, never mind any trees showing signs of life. Beautiful photo. :-)
Posted by: Croila | January 15, 2006 at 17:48