I really liked the answers you brave few came up with for Friday’s photo. I could absolutely see how each one made sense – but unfortunately none of them were correct. It’s actually a raindrop sitting on top of an expanding larch bud:
This turned out to be much trickier than I anticipated. I promise the next one won’t be.
(And no, the raindrops do not magnify sunlight and cause the expanding needles to burn!)