the winters here tend not to be very cold

[piranha]

but this winter has been warmer than usual, with barely any hard frost -- as these apples prove since they're still bright yellow on the tree in the middle of january.

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[amagranz.livejournal.com]

totally agree. and here the apples look like they're cascading down from the sky, or floating in midair among the branches -- the contrast in tone is so enormous from the wintry leafless tree.