The Weekend in Black and White

One more from the Brooklyn Botanic:
this Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) from
their large bonsai collection.

[To see more b/w images, visit Dragonstar's meme.
Also linking back to Shadow Shot Sunday.]

autumn in miniature

The trees around here took their sweet time
going from green to yellow/orange/red—but this
bonsai on display at the New York Botanical Garden
got with the program in a more timely fashion.

[It's Ruby Tuesday.  To see more, go here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's world-class bonsai
collection includes about 350 trees, with 30 or
so on display at any one time. This lovely Japanese
apricot (Prunus mume)—though the flowers are usually
called plum blossoms—is a mid-winter bloomer.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.] 

Shadow Shot Sunday

There's nothing blooming in the botanic garden
at the moment (though with the warm winter
we've been having, I'll bet the spring bulbs
will be popping up early). But even when it is
really cold outside, you can always head indoors
to admire their excellent collection of bonsai trees.
[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]