Daily upload - Apr 16 - Lupin leaves, black-and-white, Vallejo CA 02983 (2025)

Tomorrow I'll post the color version of this photo.

#photography #lupin #leaves #wildflower #BlackAndWhite #bnw #monochrome

The pile of leaves and debris grew today. Added about 720 liters of packed leaves and some dirt and sticks. Had about 110 liters of dirt too. There was one pile on the grass that needed to be moved and I cleaned up the mess the chickens made in the driveway by scratching too. Need to set raised beds before I can gather up more good stuff.

#gardening #dirt #leaves #ManualLabor #April15

Vintage Botanical Prints – 72 in a series – New Picotees from The florist and pomologist (1879)

https://welchwrite.com/agn/2022/01/10/vintage-botanical-prints-72-in-a-series-new-picotees-from-the-florist-and-pomologist-1879/

#Picotees #plants #flowers #leaves #botany #botanical #print #art #artwork #garden #gardening #science #painting #illustration  

Poplar Robusta is a hybrid between the Lombardy Poplar and the Eastern Cottonwood of America.
It has large red male catkins in March followed by orangey-red juvenile leaves in April. These appear golden when the sun shines through them, as in the photo.
They soon turn green, effectively masking the maisonette block behind my house until autumn comes round again.
The black blob in the centre of the picture is a wood pigeon.

#trees #poplar #leaves #foliage #cottonwood #ThickTrunkTuesday