This is a pretty macro of an apple blossom we found on a lone tree in the middle of a pine forest. The acreage used to belong to a farmer and his family about 100 years ago, but it was reverted to crown land sometime shortly after that. Now it is all grown over with hardwood trees like poplar and maple in some places, and thick pines and spruces in others. There are a few signs that it used to be farmland, if you walk around a lot and look very closely --- piles of rocks that would have been removed from the earth by hand, the old "lane way" which is now a deer trail, and ... the occasional surviving apple tree! I was surprised to see this one, a gigantic old thing in the middle of some thick pines. Even more surprising were the pretty blossoms. Most of our flowers are looking rather raggedy due to a windstorm we had a few days ago --- these were much more pristine (although you can see some of them took a beating). This little fellow was practically glowing!
I bet the farmer who planted that old apple tree didn't think I would stop there 100 years later, and take a picture ... and I bet he certainly had no idea that picture would end up on the internet!
Which makes me wonder what sights my quilts will have seen after 100 years; or however long their natural lifespans turn out to be. Here's hoping they have the tenacity of an orphaned apple tree!
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