Most of our apple trees have lost a lot of leaves and have relatively few apples this year. The notable exception is the Golden Delicious.

Flower score! What a pretty selection too.

We had a yellow Swallowtail visit again. Part of one wing missing, only one "tail". Still fluttering and feeding.

It finally bloomed and I do have a 'Mauritanica'! I must've switched labels. Whew. Now if I can find any other Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, I'll be set.

Alisande, that's an astounding number of apples on your tree! Are they tiny? Where are the leaves, or am I just not seeing them amongst the apples?

Thank you all for the beautiful pictures you post, day after day. I enjoy looking at them!

Taken at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Elephants aren't the only rescue animals who call the ENP home.

Thanks for the great pictures to cheer up Sunday. Alisande..my favorite Apple.

They make the very best applesauce and glazed apples (IMHO). ;)

Sjerin, the leaves are present in that picture, but missing from the lower branches, which I didn't photograph. The tree also dropped most of the apples produced by the lower branches. This is also true of my other apple trees (multiple varieties). Some other leaves fell awfully early this year as well. And it's not just my trees; some other local residents have told me the same thing. I don't know what this says about climate change or anything else. It's a mystery.

Oh, and the Golden Delicious is never our largest apple anyway, but with so many on the tree this year I expect they'll be fairly small.

Lily from next door will hitch a ride with me every chance she gets.

Nice photo, Gaz. How are you feeling?

Thank you Winter, I am feeling ok. The breast lumpectomy convinced the oncologist to go along with my wishes of doing nothing at this time. Do regular mammograms and wait and see. Then a Holter monitor revealed no big issues with my heart rhythm as was suspected. So all is well for now. Life is good!

That news makes me happy, Gaz. I hope life continues to be good. These are the years we all should be able to relax and enjoy. Not spend them filled with worry and angst.

That's so cute! Cute dog too. Glad to hear that you are doing well.

Aspens beginning to change colours. Colorado 9000+ ft.

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