This white pine in our front yard shed a lot of red needles a few years ago.
Much more than this past winter.
Was it dying? we wondered... But no, it's still here, going strong.
This year the surprise was the pine trees in our back yard. Three or four act as a wind block from north-west winds. Mature trees when we moved here 30 years ago, their branches are still spreading out wider each year (hampering the growth of grass).
And this winter, something we have never seen before...
Bits of branches, green new growth falling from them, littering the ground.
What is happening here? we wonder, as we rake up garbage cans full.
Nature is full of surprises! That has never happened before!
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