Riding the Wind

Riding the Wind, a set on Flickr.

The Perfect Day for My First Hot Air Ballooning Adventure!

Autumn, One Year Later

It's not as pretty anymore, and it has only just begun to change color (contrary to the complaints of those who've been insisting that "Fall came earlier this year than last!"), but I still think it's "photo-worthy"!

Summer

You can't see it very well here, but the leaves on the underside of the broken branch (in the shade) have turned brown & dead-looking.

Mid-Spring

Spring

This is the shot that I was waiting for when the storm mentioned in the previous post hit.

Broken

I've been looking in on The Tree lately, in hopes of taking a "Spring" photo. Yesterday I elected to wait, observing that it was a few days (maybe a week) away from flowering (a few had already appeared). Last night's whomping good thunder storm, with its accompanying 2~3 inches of wet, heavy snow, has sadly changed things.



Many other trees in the area are also broken, and several have come down entirely. Ah, Spring in the Pacific Northwest...

Still Beautiful...