Portrait of a maple
Posted: December 20, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in art, Air, Autumn, Daily Walk, Digital Art, Earth, health, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Daniel Butler, MaidinSun Photography, Maple, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, Ted Andrews, trees, water, weather, woods 20 Comments
High-rise
Maples produce seeds or “keys,” designed to spin like helicopter blades. Strong winds carry them great distances. Foresters class the family as invasive “pioneers,” being among the first to colonize cleared ground.
~ Daniel Butler, How to Plant a Tree
Life in the Bogs 