Sunday, September 25, 2011

an american sycamore tree :)



the sycamore tree infront of me as i look out at the window. it was really so big then but the city trimmed it for us. they cut quite a few branches that the trunk also slimmed down. did you know that the trunk will open up on very cold winters. spooky. the seeds of this tree went to outer space with the apollo space ship for experimental purposes, i guess. i read that somewhere in the past. so of all the trees here this specie was chosen by NASA so it must be one nice tree. during winter there are ball shaped seed pods hanging at those bare brances, maybe a decor after the leaves are gone because of the cold...truly a very interesting sight to see. dangling balls connected to brown bare branches...click image for a larger view :)...and me like nora in pink, laughs. even how sad a song is, if nora sings it, i can be happy :>