Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON
Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON
With two months of winter behind us in chilly Melbourne, the past couple of weeks have brought not just thick ice on the cars overnight and lingering, brittle frost on the lawns, but also vivid reminders that spring is only four weeks away. All round the city you can see brilliant pink blooms on the cherry trees, like explosions of fairy floss.
The first of these two pictures was taken just around the corner from where I live, yet the second shot, taken on my own nature strip, shows two plane trees that are completely bare against the winter sky. The plane trees will start sprouting shortly, not with blossoms, just with the beautiful maple-shaped leaves that are broader than the span of an adult hand.
Meanwhile, I'm looking for an orchardist called Tom, who specialises in cherry trees. You want to know why? Because that would be a classic example of the Tom and Cherry Show.
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