leaves

[marycatelli]

Not all the trees are leafless. . . along the side of the highway there are great stands of trees, with no sign of leaves on their boughs, all their trunks darker brown where rained on, but here and there among them sapling are growing -- some quite tall, except next to the trees -- and their leaves did not fall, but were bleached by the wintry sun to a pale, pale, shade, with only the faintest touch of yellow to make their whiteness the shade of an eggshell, and standing about the darker trees like brides in their wedding gowns.

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes! I think those leaves are like ghosts, and the trees are like ghost trees. Here, the trees that look that way are beech saplings. I wish I had a picture to share with you, because then I could ask if they were the same as what you're seeing.

Your description is so beautiful--brides in their wedding gowns.

Here's a picture from Google...

[marycatelli]

how lovely!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Is it similar to the trees you were seeing, your forest brides?

[marycatelli]

Well, it's branching more than they did -- they were pretty straight up and down -- and the leaves were paler. . . so I don't think so on the whole.

Then, I zip by these saplings at a fair clip. It doesn't give much time to see.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

well, whatever you saw, they sound lovely.

[marycatelli]

Glad you liked it