Fruitless

This is the plum tree at home right at the beginning of Winter. I think it was clinging to hope that maybe it was still Autumn and was refusing to lose all of its leaves. I love how the colour of the leaves almost reflects the colour of the fruit it produces. Although I'm not actually 100% sure that this is the plum tree - we have at least a dozen fruit trees and I often get them a bit mixed-up. But either way I liked the way this tree was being so stubborn about shedding it's vibrant canopy.