A Pine in March

The winds have been blowing this month and the pine cone litter the ground. Sometimes they seem completely dried out, drab and fragile….sometimes they still have the color from earlier in their development and bits of sap.

Some of the cones are manage to stay on the tree - like ornaments on a tree decorated for Christmas.

Some of the cones are manage to stay on the tree - like ornaments on a tree decorated for Christmas.

And then there are the buds at the tips of the branches (taken with the 8X loupe magnfying) that will become the next generation of pine cones.