In My Dreams I Can Fly...

I had a tulip tree that volunteered in my yard in PA several years ago. They grow like wildfire and in just a short time....it was as tall as the house.  That tree was one of my real signals that spring had arrived.  I LOVED watching how the tiny leaves unfolded already in their perfect signature shape and I photographed them every year.  As a matter of fact...my first macro that really took my breath away was of the baby leaves emerging on that tree.

I brought another volunteer here with me.  It is trying to get established.  It's a little stick about 6 inches tall with one bud and one leaf.  But...it's alive!  I check it almost every day.

Today I went photo walking in Avalon park near my house and as I was walking....I noticed an unmistakable tiny little leaf.  I had been lamenting that I wasn't home to take my annual macro shots of my tulip tree.  So, I took this picture, not noticing the itty bitty leaf emerging from the lower left.  That was a surprise waiting for me when I got the files on the computer.  Spring really is here....

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• #6 Comment from myrdog 
  4/16/08 3:13 PM | Permalink

  Does your tulip tree have green and orange flowers on it in the spring? That's the kind we have in Ala.
• #5 Comment from lifes2odd 
  4/15/08 9:13 PM | Permalink

  Beautiful shot! I had a Tulip tree when I lived in Central Florida. I had never seen or heard of one before that. I loved that tree! Yep, spring has arrived! :-)
  Martha
• #4 Comment from midwestvintage 
  4/15/08 6:49 PM | Permalink

   I have never heard of a tulip tree before.  Wonder if they would grow in Iowa, if the deer would leave them alone
• #3 Comment from dklars 
  4/15/08 6:16 PM | Permalink

  Love that photo!   ~~Kath~~
• #2 Comment from mariebm56 
  4/15/08 5:57 PM | Permalink

  Thats funny, you didn't see those tiny leaves.....Ü
  I macro camera is shot & I can no longer get those close images...; (
  You find the neatest stuff!!!!
  Ree