Thursday, January 31, 2013

Sycamore Tree

BY SKEETER
The Saint and I were out for a walk in one of many wonderful parks we have here in Georgia. As you can see, the sky was a beautiful shade of blue that day. The blue made a great back drop for this clump of white trees.
They stood out to us both so I stopped the walk to snap a few pictures. At this point into zooming the lens, I still had no idea what we were seeing.
Zooming in a wee bit more, I spotted some leaves. One never knows how a photo is going to look on a sunny day. The sun seems to take over the little window.
Zooming in to something that looked round to my eyes, I found these leaves were not leaves but rather some dangling fruit balls. I suspected we were looking at Sycamore trees!
Zooming into the bark, I see the white bark is not bark but trunk where bark has peeled off. I had to rely on my zoom lens of the camera as the trees are located in a swampy type terrain.Yep, me thinks we saw beautifully highlighted SYCAMORE TREES, In the Garden... 
Words and Photos Property of In the Garden Blog Team, In the Garden

12 comments:

  1. Those are great photos of lovely trees. Glad you both had such a nice walk.

    FlowerLady

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Flowerlady, we have been taking a lot of walks lately. We have a new hobby that I will share on a later posting... Stay Tunned...

      Delete
  2. The trees look so beautiful against the blue sky. I love how the tree looks as the bark peels away!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Christy, The bark peeling was really neat on those trees. Leaving a nice pattern on the trunk for sure...

      Delete
  3. These are SO pretty in the wintertime! So glad you shined the spotlight on it. Do you have sycamores on your property? I don't remember? The bark seems to glow like a skeleton's bones.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Tina, the photos really did not do the trees justice. They were shining so bright in the sunshine. No, we do not have any sycamore trees on our land. Mostly pine and sweet gums, grrrrr...

      Delete
  4. Replies
    1. Thanks Cherry. The trees really did stand out in the sunshine...

      Delete
  5. The first photo of that blue sky is breathtaking. Many thanks. I really loved the pictures.

    Greetings from London.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Skeeter one of my favorite views is the skeleton trees against the winter blue skies...just magnificent.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Lovely pictures ! The fruits on these tree always remind me of little meatball's, they are so funny !

    ReplyDelete
  8. I love Sycamores, they are abundant in our area. Their bright white trunks really shine this time of year.

    ReplyDelete

ALL SPAM WILL BE PROMPTLY FRIED. PLEASE DO NOT LIFT PHOTOS OR WORDS. THANKS!