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Tag: Trees

  • Redwood, December 6th, 2025

    Too drained to work on long posts, I’d like to comment that purple magnolias have began to bloom, as have fruit trees (of plum, cherry, etc. variety – nispero blooms I have seen weeks ago, and citruses seem to flower year around.) Maybe I’ll post a photo or two, but here is a gif of sunlight flickering against redwood trunk, December 06th, 2025.

    December 6th is the Finnish Independence Day, though they have amended their constitution so that they are members of EU.

    Moreover, soon after the war in Ukraine flared up in 2022, and Finland also joined NATO. I don’t know what the current stance of the Finnish government is, but lately the Finnish media seemed to be on Denmark’s side against USA over Greenland despite NATO (US) having full use of Finnish military bases, at least as far as I could tell. The two officers Finland sent to Greenland returned back, mission over. Finnish news feeds are back to Russia and Ukraine, though recent headlines are mentioning possible peace negotiations. Hopefully, there will be peace soon, though I would not quite optimistic yet.

    What may have motivated the peace negotiations is the parlous shape of Western economies, meaning our ability to finance wars is becoming limited. I would prefer a peace treaty over total economic collapse as a method for ending that dreadful war, though.

  • January 2nd Liquidambar trees

    Yes, I know, there has been wars or military action and rumors of those, including Finland participating in something military in Greenland, the metal prices have seen bobbing up and down, though more up, food prices seem to be creeping up, too, but I have been too busy-tired to feel like posting anything.

    However, I want to post something that makes me happy, and during past couple of months, one of those things has been sweetgum or Liquidambar trees. There is about a month of bright colors, when their leaves turn, mostly reds or dark oranges with lighter tones and yellows mixed in. Among the leaves that somewhat resemble those of maple, there are green spiky balls, that darken as the seedpods ripen. Winter winds (at least here in Bay Area) tear the leaves down, different trees progressing at different rates leaving dark spiky balls hanging from dark branches.

    Here is a short video made of clips taken on January 2nd 2026.

    At some point, a bird flies in. Probably a crow.

    Still some leaves hanging