Assignment: St. Petersburg » oak tree http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1 St. Petersburg Places, People, City Life, Happenings, History and More... Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:52:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Springtime in St. Petersburg http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/03/22/springtime-in-st-petersburg/ http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/03/22/springtime-in-st-petersburg/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:36:27 +0000 Bob Horn http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/?p=1860 Continue reading →]]>  One of the sure signs of Spring in St. Petersburg is the sudden adornment of all of the city’s oak trees with long, delicate strands of oak pollen.  I’m not personally affected by the pollen, so I can appreciate the beauty without reservation.  Some others, though, the not-so-lucky ones, get red, watery eyes and sniffles and sneezes when this pollen begins to float through the air.  To all of those folks, I’m sorry that this is not a fun time for you.  But it doesn’t last too long.  And it does mean that we are beginning the season of warmer weather, more flowers, longer days, and a return to t shirts and shorts.

The first photo below is a close up shot of one small branch of an oak tree in my front yard.  Below it, the full tree in all of its pollen-laden splendor.  It really is quite beautiful – when the pollen first shows up, it’s a light green, and then, over several days, it gets darker, then turns yellow or orange.

Happy Springtime!  (For a better look at these photos, especially the first one, please click on the picture to open a new window with a full-sized image.)

 

]]> http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/03/22/springtime-in-st-petersburg/feed/ 0 More Proof of Seasons in St. Petersburg http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/03/03/more-proof-of-seasons-in-st-petersburg/ http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/03/03/more-proof-of-seasons-in-st-petersburg/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:04:24 +0000 Bob Horn http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/?p=1759 Continue reading →]]> The picture says it all:  We DO have seasons here!  It takes a little longer for our leaves to turn color, but eventually, they do.  This oak tree is showing some glorious color as it prepares to drop its leaves to make way for a full tree of fresh, new green ones…

Colorful Oak

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