Red Berries (293/365)

 
“On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .”

Charles Dickens (English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era, 1812-1870)

TIME:  6:22 PM
PLACE:  YMCA soccer fields
SUBJECT: Red berries

Tonight was MonkeyBoy’s first basketball game and StellaDella’s last night of soccer.  MB’s team played well, but lost.  SD was sad that soccer was over.  I’m glad one extra-curricular activity is dropping off the schedule, but wonder why there always seems to be another one to take its place.

March Tree (085/365)

  
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”

Charles Dickens (English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era, 1812-1870)

TIME:  4:04 PM
PLACE:  Front yard
SUBJECT:  Red Sunset Maple tree

Barely, just barely, changes are beginning to show on the tree this month.  I can see the red buds emerging from the branches.  Another cloudless, blue sky for my picture.  The temperatures seem more like winter than springtime.  This Charles Dickens quote seems to hit the nail right on the head today.