New leaves appearing
On the home front, I am happy to report that some of our trees are beginning to send out new leaves, although their dead leaves from the late freeze are still clinging to the branches. The old leaves will eventually drop, and hopefully, we won't see much lasting damage from the shocking temperature extremes the trees have endured.
I don't think the leaves on the trees above even went through the freeze! I think they saved their leaves by waiting just a little later to put them out. When all the trees are this green, we will rejoice! It's just not right to have dead brown leaves hanging on the trees in spring.
"The power to recognize trees at a glance without examining their leaves or flowers or fruit as they are seen, for example, from the car-window during a railroad journey, can only be acquired by studying them as they grow under all possible conditions over wide areas of territory. Such an attainment may not have much practical value, but once acquired it gives to the possessor a good deal of pleasure which is denied to less fortunate travelers."
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