Above, one of a pair of pre-Civil War catalpa trees in front of Chatham Manor, facing Fredericksburg on the far side of the Rappahannock River. Below, 1, the Fredericksburg railroad bridge seen from the Chatham bridge, and 2, the city dock with Gary the white goose supervising his adopted Canada goose family.
We hadn’t realized we had any pawpaw trees until yesterday, when I found these several fruits on the ground by the bench in the meditation garden. The leaves were familiar enough, although I had previously mistaken their trees for hickory saplings. Apparently both the skin and seeds are poisonous. Sandy cut two open for an inside photo, and we carefully tasted, spitting out the seeds. It’s somewhere between pineapple and banana. I went looking for more, and found the set on the left, below, at least long enough to snap the picture.
The Golden Rain Tree at the Belmont visitor center — Koelreuteria paniculata.
7am July 7th at the northwest end of Harwill Drive
December 17th 2020 10:40am
A splash of North American beech, well-sheltered by tall oaks on our northside path looking southwest, 9:21am 2 November 2020. See Wikipedia on Fagus grandiflora.