Went for a walk today around the neighbourhood, starting in my own garden with the maple in the corner. We are now almost at midwinter, but very mild temperatures have meant the leaves are staying on for longer than usual.
The pundits were wrong; birds do eat the crabapples once they become very ripe.
One of the last Red Delicious still clings to its tree.
This is what's left of a lovely old building after arsonists have set a fire in it. This is Risingholme, in my neighbourhood park. On Monday night a fire erupted there and burned most of the second storey. No one was living there at the time, as it was boarded up, awaiting restoration for earthquake damage. Squatters or arsonists got in and lit a fire on the second floor; most of the roof is burned away. As if we hadn't had enough grief in this city with the quakes, complete and utter arseholes have burned many abandoned properties, for "fun".
Some cheer is still to be had from nature. These are persimmons in a nearby garden, glowing like lanterns on a dull day.
The people in the house don't seem to eat these, but the birds are.
Not surprised that the birds eat crab apples. They certainly did here (until a vandal took a chainsaw to my tree).
ReplyDeleteSigh on the mindless arson. I really don't understand it. But it happens everywhere so others obviously do.
Love the colour in your wander.