Today we decided to revisit our Tree. We picked one of the birch trees right outside our door and Sophie refers to it as "our tree". I didn't think there would be much change from the last study since we did our spring study so late in the spring that it felt almost like summer already.
Here is a picture of our tree that we took in late April.
Here is the photo I took yesterday.
The first picture was taken in the morning, the 2nd was taken in the afternoon so the lighting is different but the tree looks just about the same. Sophie thought it looked droopy. Maybe it just needs a little water. 
When we went in to take a closer look at the leaves and catkins we noticed that there were some new catkins growing.
The green catkins that we saw in the spring are starting to turn brown and there were some fully brown ones that we pulled off and could easily break apart to spread those seeds around.
It should be exciting to see what this tree will do in the fall
In other gardening news. We have strawberries. The kids love to go out to our very tiny strawberry patch and pick the few ripe ones that they can find.
These cherry tomatoes often don't even make it inside for salad. I love it that they will just pop them in their mouths right off the vine.
Sophie was thrilled to find a bud on her flowers that she planted this spring. We have been waiting and waiting for these bulbs to grow and bloom.
There should be a number more show up in the next few days. We still stop to smell all the flowers we can when we take our bike rides.
The Agapantus' are beautiful right now and the kid will stand for a long time just watching the bees buzz from flower to flower.
I hope to do better about keeping up with the challenges. I really like the idea of focusing on keeping a natural journal.
3 comments:
We missed seeing you around the challenges. :)
This was a great catch up on your tree entry...our tree didn't change much either and we had to look really closely to find something different. I know fall will bring big changes but it was still fun to take a few minutes to look at our tree.
Our birch trees do the same "drooping" thing too. I just went and did a google search and it says that most birches have "drooping or weeping" branches. Hmmmm, I wonder why?
Great post, thanks for sharing your link.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
My kids have loved getting outdoors more this summer ... I just can't wait to be able to join them with our new little one in tow.
I love all your flower pictures. We don't have a single flower in our yard that blooms in the summer except for roses. Everything comes in the spring.
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