#303 - Alder Cones at Sundown

The best place to view the sunset in the park is standing by the row of alders at the top of the hill; all you can see is sky and trees and grass. Most of the trees are still winter-bare but the alders have last years cones and the earliest catkins of the new season. The cones are spent and open, hanging in neat clusters. I like the way they look against the faint colours of dusk, quiet and somehow composed.

#171 - Groovy Baby!

Love these funky Alder catkins which start off purple and are now turning red with purple spots. Very psychedelic.

#143 - Alder

Okay, I admit I may be getting obsessive about the purple Alder catkins, but they are purple. Purple. And the violet catkins uncurl so sweetly into the cold sleet, they gladden this heart.

#134 - Purple Alder Catkins

Isn't a world where purple catkins grow on green twigs slightly more wonderful than one where they don't?