Saturday, 9 July 2011

River of Stone July 9, 2011

The Japanese Maple in Grange Gardens

Late afternoon light brushes the flat top of the Japanese Maple. Fruit reaching for the light - the ones on top bright red, like large flowers, whilst below, they are small, delicately pale green, like young leaves. Samara - that is the name for a fruit which looks like a propeller. And here is what Wiki says: "A samara is sometimes called a key and is often referred to as a whirlybird, helicopter, whirligig, polynose, or, in the north of England, a spinning jenny."



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