The Leafing

 

When I saw this pic by Sue the other day, I appreciated the fresh beginnings of leaves on the trees. The grass is very green, but the trees have been pretty bare until now. Then, I remembered a little rural excursion from two years ago in which I found some nice scenes of the trees just leafing-out in that wonderful feathery way.

I thought that we should reprise that little rural excursion, but we had stops to make first, and we never took that trip.

One stop was at the museum garden where Sue was trying to complete her photo of the day. 

That light, portable and adjustable stool does come in handy from time to time.

While she did her thing, I found a few pics, including the new leaves in front of the house across the street.

We picked up coffee and a sandwich for a little lunch in the car at the park, but I will spare you the usual selfie.

There was plenty of green in the park, so we decided to walk around there, so we never got around to our rural drive. The first photo was just in front of our parked car. It was a pleasant luncheon view. Repast done, I used the stool to get close to the dandelion level and getting that wonderful tree in the background.

I turned to my right to photograph the trees on the edge of the park. Sue walked into the photo.

I ambled over to about where Sue was in that ↑ photo and took another photo looking back to that first tree. I like the composition quite a bit, but the saturation was less from that angle. However, I do like the softness.

Some trees along the riverbank were in close to full leaf. It's not what I was looking for, but I took the photo as a reference. I framed much of the scene by using the branch of the foreground tree.

However, some trees within the park were just in the right stage for me on that day. 

I am not sure if we will get on my envisioned rural excursion or if we do if the trees will be in the stage that I am looking for. In the meantime, these park photos will do just fine.