I took a short walk through our woods last weekend and shot these photos. Every Spring, we see a spurt of new growth in our pine trees.
Honestly, I wasn’t too impressed with the photos and almost didn’t share them. However, I decided to make them black and white. Funny how just that one change can make a huge difference.
A volunteer sweet gum tree is growing — they sprout everywhere it seems — near the old cupola I’m saving from the top of our carriage house.
I love your photos in black and white. So pretty! I “live and breathe vintage” also!!
Thanks, AnnMarie! I’ll probably be sharing more B&W photography. I really do enjoy it.
Funny, I just shot photos of pine trees’ new growth in our neighborhood yesterday. I love the bright green tips on some varieties, but those b&w shots you show give an other-worldy look to those weird-looking male pollen cones. Sweet gum are everywhere in our neighborhood too.
It’s a small world after all, isn’t it.
Great pictures! It’s nice to see things growing instead of being cut down! How are things going with your job? Do you have your routine down pat?
This is true. 🙂 I love trees, and always hate to see them go, but sometimes it is necessary. My job is going well. I enjoy the daily routine, the work, my coworkers, the regular paycheck, and the medical benefits, for sure. I dreaded getting up so early in the morning to get into work by 8 a.m. — I naturally wake up about 8 a.m. — but it really hasn’t been that bad.
Thanks for asking!