Tag Archives: Katsura tree

Yellow journal, is ’em

Posted on November 10, 2018 by

More amber autumn notes, this time composed by a Katsura tree.

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A bird in the hand

Posted on April 27, 2014 by

The reaching red hands of the Katsura tree have since sprouted leafy wings. For some reason the combined shapes remind me of the head of a Great crested grebe.

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Clutching at stars

Posted on April 13, 2014 by

The thin, red tendril-like shoots of this Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonica) are grouped along each branch like pairs of tiny hands reaching up to grasp every sun ray they can.

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