Tag Archives: Berries

Closeness

Closeness

“To mature is in part to realize that while complete intimacy and omniscience and power cannot be had, self-transcendence, growth, and closeness to others are nevertheless within one’s reach.”
- – Sissela Bok

Flower Friday: Juniper Berries

Flower Friday: Juniper Berries

A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with merged scales giving it a berry-like appearance.
(With the changing seasons flowers are not in abundance anymore, but their fruits are. Perhaps I should have fruit or foliage Fridays, in keeping [...]

Rowan Berries

Rowan Berries

Mystery Tree

Does anyone know what kind of tree this is? It is right outside our townhouse door.
I love the clusters of vivid orange berries that is has. The birds don’t seem to touch them though.
Tree Identified: European Rowan
Even more of a reason to love it, it is a sacred tree in Scandinavian myth (the first woman [...]