10 May 2018

"Nature's first green is gold"

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
         ---- Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
The photo is of an oak tree in my back yard. In a few weeks the golden catkins will fall, leaving light green leaves, which will darken over the summer and turn russet in the autumn

2 comments:

  1. Here in Virginia, we joke that there are 5 seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter, POLLEN, and spring. Right now, our cars are all tennis-ball green!

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  2. How much pollen do those catkins contain?
    Watch, and find out!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxgRNK2EysI

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