meanwhile...

Back at the branch...

There's not much change to report. Here's how the buds looked on Saturday.



And here's how the same bud cluster looked this morning.



Hmmmm. It's been mighty cold 'round here, so I guess these buds are waiting until spring returns to send out any more purple stuff.

Elsewhere... I walked by some trees that I'd snapped some pictures of a couple of weeks ago. Back then, I took a tiny twig I'd found from a baby tree and was examining its structure.



Well, this morning, it's fellow twiggies still on the tree look like this.