Cheering ourselves up with Maples

Shigure Zome

 

Really awesome Luke!

 

@Luke’s Maples Brilliant Luke, love them all. Your new Ariadne is quite far along. What a wonderful tree that is.

 

Sekka Yatsubusa

 

Aka Shigitatsu Sawa

 

Beni Maiko

 

@Acerholic I just want to show you, how the weather is like today in our garden...

 

Good afternoon A, I think your trees might be the last to leaf out on the maples forum this year looking at your photo. But thats the beauty of an international forum, all different periods to enjoy at different times.

Hope you are well

 

Well after A @sun posted here photo of a very cold day in Austria, I thought I would go out in my garden and take a few photos of ever swelling buds in some warm sunshine.

They are Red feather, White Peaches, Kotohime, Purple ghost, Metamorphosa and two of Green dissectum.

 

A little early for the classic new look but why not celebrate this threads year anniversary anyway.
Mikawa Yatsubusa

 

@Acerholic, yes, we are late, but regarding your pictures I have something to look forward to.

 

Wow yes one year on and still in lockdown, but what a lot of lovely maples to enjoy. Love the scarlet and greens of your Mikawa Yatsubusa.

 

Happy anniversary everyone (of us) ! ;-)

Here, the schools stayed open but the bars and restaurants, cinemas, etc. reopened in June 2020 but were closed again in November.
Then in February there was a "curfew", from 8 AM to 6 PM, because of the surge of contaminations partly due to what we call here "the English variant". Shops stayed open.
Yesterday, a regional lockdown was decided, including the Paris region. "Essential shops" only will stay open, that includes bookshops, florists, DIY stores and... hairdressers'. Must really phone my local one before the damn virus expands to my region, otherwise, it will be another "hair clipper massacre".
In other regions like mine, the "curfew" will be extended to 7 PM.
The problem is we aren't able to vaccinate enough people quickly enough, so it's a very tense situation at the moment. The sale of anti-depressants has rocketed, and most people don't really know what to think and what to do.

I feel priviledged, a pensioner living in a small suburban town, with a garden where I can enjoy my maples, the flowers of the Japanese quince, the Prunus and now (in the background), the white flowers of a cherry tree...

 

Very well put Alain.

 

Anti-depressants :^_^:

Momoiro koya-san :



Acer discolor :



Acer elegantulum :



'Koto hime'.
Each year it has a lot of flowers, but so far I haven't been able to gather any, I hope this time I will have some seeds to exchange :

 

I'll keep my fingers crossed for your team tonight Alain, a good win will give a lot of cheer to the French people.

 

I almost had a heart attack. Frankly, I was overjoyed for our team, but I also really felt sorry for Wales...

 

Really pleased for everyone in France as it was a good well needed morale boost. I will be cheering on your team next Friday for the win and bonus point.

 

Flowers on (plain) palmatum, Orange Dream, and Koto hime :



On this other photo, a family of unwanted guests I hadn't noticed until I watched the upper right corner on my computer screen :

 

Just been out watering as its Sooo dry here, but whilst doing so I thought I would take a few photos to show how a few of mine are coming along.

They are Matsukaze, Iijima Sunago, Black lace,Coral pink, Dr Brown and Orangeola. Had to take a bit of dead of Coral pink so please excuse.

 

I lived in wales for 20 years but they used to chase the boy with a Cockney London accent whether I had the ball or not lol.. France deserved the result..relentless perseverance.. amazing game..England/Ireland was no where near as good

 

Some photos, this is getting animated.

 

They are amazing J, your Baby ghost is what I would like mine to look like, but tbh mine is quite pathetic. What a fantastic contrast with the Emerald lace. A great grouping....

 

After a sh*tty morning, this has cheered me up. The reason this thread was created..

 

Lovely and they came out spot on this time Luke. Glad this afternoon is better for you. A new tree I find always helps, Lol.