My 05/01/26 postcard features a cluster of male pine strobili, their small green forms packed tightly along the branch. These pollen-producing structures emerge in spring, built to release clouds of yellow pollen before drying and falling away. They are captured in that brief, transitional stage, still intact, but already part of a short-lived cycle.

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