Remember the nature alphabets? Remember the letter B? It's now almost unreadable.
![the letter B in pine trees](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPC2q-pUJL-8XGpXqci3snwQ39_TObMq36HNNS4Fob6XHwruRW62LP17f3Vwa-AD-U2t5fL_Pyj6wZOsw4IZbgDCzSL8slovp4o68ei6fdIe7EPEHEv2E9UrAWRglwNpEhPClA3vVHTQ0/s280/A-Zb3-400.jpg)
The top of the B has gotten fuller and taller. The serifs are growing.
Here it is in 2010.
![the letter B in pine trees](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSngjvvleuUIffTsNALkYQhF8LUyk4jS2uN6d-Wg0JAMxLF9EUj28qvZzXVBS9y5KjKMiTgWeNwyGeb2t0K9TcwWdmhw1hgxz_Pb5YySTRSLSLBE8bJV_kZXga-7DqmuqmHf8osWYoXAM/s280/A-Zb2-400.jpg)
Here it is when I first used it as the letter in 2009
I like the white pines so much. I planted all of these myself. The tallest were less than a foot high when I put them out in 1992.
This clump has started producing babies on its own. There are now three little ones beside my trail that I did not plant. I first found these in 2014, but now they are clearly seen above the grass.
![baby pine trees](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIQGZ9UdlrxH7oBbCjywQ9dCygVAmNldUg3axPestBHUeiWH9VwmUFQ8dv2-Pg9sXW-RISBTzevaUB-x_9pVchvO03DoLrBTCKyjcg6LHdF_tWOM73Kh8ppD4L1AIgP-jar3iAQGSiow/s280/WhitePines24.jpg)
In other news: I skied yesterday and today, but the snow was much better today. Other than that it's been all editing. I'm over 2/3 of the way through Dead Mule Swamp Druggist for what I hope will be the last time.
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That "B" looks like it's been eating well :)
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how plants, shrubs and trees grow. Should we say, "Bye bye" to B?
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