Day 183 of 2026

The volunteer walnut tree next to our deck 

has started producing fruit for the first time

 after years of growing. 

I suspect it will be a mess below, 

but it has finally become a great source of shade 

so I'm not complaining...yet.

 

Day 82 of 2026

We are in Seattle now and our goal is to see all the flowers. 

While this isn't the greatest concentration of cherry blossoms on campus,

 it is my favorite of the pictures I took today. 

On a clear day you would be able to see Mt. Rainier in the distance. 

It was gray and cloudy today but if you look very closely, 

you can see a faint outline of the mountain.

Day 15 of 2026

Another January evening sky.

(photo taken 1-15-2026)

 

Day 312 of 2025

I seem to catch this view at least once every year. 

It's hard to not take the picture again.

 

Day 304 of 2025

Halloween night.

 

Day 169 of 2025

A storm blew through this afternoon. 

We were out and about and had to wait it out to come home. 

There was a lot of rain but we saw first hand how damaging the winds were. 

On our way home we encountered a tree across the road

 for which we had to turn around and take another route, 

uprooted trees, tree limbs all over yards and roads, 

and traffic lights that were not working. 

Upon arriving home we found that we had no power. 

Limbs from far away trees were strewn all over our front and back yards. 

Our own trees fared pretty well with just a few small limbs down 

with the exception of this hawthorn 

which lost close to a third of its fullness in the break it suffered. 

We'll start clean up tomorrow after the rain is done

 and the puddles have receded a bit.

 

Day 81 of 2025

Two of my favorite things, the sky and trees, 

are giving me their best

 on this beautiful but chilly official spring day.

 

Day 303 of 2024

The ginkgo tree did not disappoint this afternoon 

for my annual fall photo.

 

Day 299 of 2024

One of my two favorite trees in fall. 

I think I take at least one picture of it each year. 

Later it will be all yellow and take my breath away.

 

Day 257 of 2023

It has begun.