It's Been Pretty Snowy This Year

Bay Village, Comm Ave, Mission Hill, Public Garden, Comm Ave,
Mission Hill and Mission Hill

December 2008

Snowy Illuminated Tree

Bay Village, December 2008

Blue Sky Yellow Berries

Huntington Ave, November 2008

Luminous Yellow Tree

Huntington Avenue, October 2008

Greens and Greens

Along the Charles River Bike Path, August 2008

What Kind of Tree?

West Roxbury, June 2008

A few years ago, the tree right next to my parents' house died. When the city removed it, they planted a different kind of tree. It's awesome, and I have been trying to figure out what kind of tree it is. It has these clouds of tiny star-shaped flowers (closer view bottom picture), and it smells something like honeysuckle, but less overwhelmingly sweet.

Shadows

Public Garden, May 2008

Weeping Beech from Within

Public Garden, June 2008

Horsechestnut

Beacon Street, May 2008

Elm Tree

Public Garden, May 2008

The row of elms on the south side of the Public Garden are my favorite trees. They are tall and grand, give tremendous shade in summer, shed those lovely rustling ecru petals late in spring (more on which later), and make elegant shapes with their snow-covered branches in winter. This is one of them in early May, before the petals dried and fell like sweet-sounding snow.

Public Garden Scene

Public Garden, May 2008

Branch of Mom's Dogwood

West Roxbury, May 2008

Beneath a Flowering Tree

Public Garden, April 2008

Flowering Tree in Dawn Light

Pharr TX, April 2008

Signs of Spring

Beacon St., April 2008

I took this a couple of hours before the temperature dropped back down into the 30s for the forseeable future.

Snowy Branches

Commonwealth Ave., January 2008

Snow-Covered Branch

Commonwealth Mall, January 2008

Shadow Tree

Boston University, January 2008

American Elm

Public Garden, March 2008

Tree on a Bright Day

Public Garden, March 2008