Paper Birch (Betula papyrifer)
Not the sudden advent of springtime, just morning light in March and the sunny cove below a steep ridge on the Two Hundred Acre Wood.
Sunlight and warmed stone have compelled the snow to retreat, and the tattered bronzy bark of the old birch glows against a backdrop of blue sky, bare trees and plumes of aromatic cedar blowing in the wind.
What a wonderful description. Crocuses are up in Toronto, a month early.
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell the cedar :)
ReplyDeleteCedar aroma in winter...a rare treat I am thinking.
ReplyDeleteA very interesting picture. Isn't nature awsome?
ReplyDeleteI should like to smell the scent of cedar blowing in the wind.
ReplyDeletespring is on its way! beautiful details - glowing birch rind.... aah!
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