March 25, 2009

Photo du Jour - Nature's Pom Poms


Fuzzy plane tree fruit decorates the bare, leafless branches all winter long.
In the spring the pom poms break apart and scatter their delicate seeds in the wind. Pin It

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Guys all over the world are looking at your picture and your comments and thinking "that all seems eerily familiar"

Anne in Oxfordshire said...

Love this photo...I didn't realize that they were called Plane trees..apparently loads in London and in Paris they have tree lined boulevards!

ee.xxs said...

ohhhh ..." Pompons" I like tis ideia.

Jennifer said...

garry
That's quite a leap. Can't quite believe you would get there from this photo...

Anne
Yes, les platanes in French. They are everywhere here.

colours
They also remind me of Christmas tree decorations

Unknown said...

We have them in Washington state.