Tuesday, 23 August 2011

ABC Wednesday - Fir

The first colours of autumn are starting to appear, a fluttering of leaves are floating to the ground but the firs will remind us through the winter that the green will return. These three magnificent trees stand at the side of a field, this photo was taken in March so there is no surrounding colour, apart from the blue of the sky.
Sometime firs can provide their own colour. Technically I suppose this is not a fir but I'm considering its spiny leaves and cones can come within that generic title for ABC purposes.  This is a larch, the only common cone-bearing tree that looses its leaves in the winter. These pretty female flowers are sometimes called 'larch roses'.

And lastly a domestic fir,


looks like a leylandii that I poked my camera around to photo  this fabricated shed with its cheery façade.  Who lives in a house like this?

Follow the link over to ABC Wednesday to see lots more words starting with F

at

15 comments:

  1. Roger Owen Green23 August 2011 at 20:58

    fine, majestic fir!
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

    ReplyDelete
  2. Berowne23 August 2011 at 22:17

    O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Sallie (FullTime-Life)24 August 2011 at 00:36

    Seems like summer just started here. But it won't be long before Fall. I kinda' like that quirky little building (is it really somebody's house?)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Rajesh24 August 2011 at 02:07

    Wonderful shots of fir tree.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Chubskulit Rose24 August 2011 at 02:08

    Colorful and beautiful fotos!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Cheryl24 August 2011 at 02:20

    You did not say the F word. I know you didn't. Oh look, a Larch Rose! And a fairy house.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous24 August 2011 at 03:34

    Thats one Fine post !!


    Pheno, ABCW Team

    ReplyDelete
  8. Tumblewords:24 August 2011 at 03:44

    Fine fir and fascinating fairy house!

    ReplyDelete
  9. photowannabe24 August 2011 at 04:57

    Fabulous stately Fir. It looks like it should have Christmas decorations on it.
    Love the colors of the shed and the composition too.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio24 August 2011 at 05:06

    ooooo! What a feast for the eyes! That (those) fir(s) are incredible.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Kim, USA24 August 2011 at 16:10

    I love the green scenery. The trees are perfect and the house that looks fine with me ^_^

    ABC Wed

    ReplyDelete
  12. magiceye25 August 2011 at 02:09

    lovely captures especially the last one!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪25 August 2011 at 05:46

    'larch roses'. are so pretty. I have some fir trees but never saw the flowers

    ReplyDelete
  14. Jama25 August 2011 at 05:50

    What a gorgeous flowers of the Fir, I've never seen them before.

    ReplyDelete
  15. ChrisJ25 August 2011 at 07:35

    I would, if it had the basic modern conveniences and was far enough away from civilization to be comfortable. (I think I have hermit blood in me!)

    ReplyDelete