A Tree Story

I encourage everyone to take a walk with a camera. You really start to notice things you might otherwise miss. I love the story these three photos tell.
Photo 1 is of the huge pines growing to the sky. Photo 2 Pine cones drop to the ground. Photo 3 The nearby newbie in the scene.

Majestic Tree Roots

If you read my blog, you know I love the trees. This is a tree from Mt. Vernon. So amazing.

Eucalyptus Seed Pod

Other trees on my hillside is a group of Eucalyptus trees. They have very interesting seed pods. They are woody and extremely hard and appear in groups. These are still green. They will continue to dry and turn brown. Click on the photo. You will enjoy the detail on the pods.

Oh, and that unnaturally blue color in the background. Just the California sky on a weather perfect day. Remind me to look at this photo in June when the skies will be marine layer gray.

Liquid Amber Seed Pod

Because we don't get shockingly cold weather in zone 23, the leaves on the liquid amber take most of the fall to flutter to the ground. We have four trees in the front of the house (had five but one was destroyed in some vicious Santa Ana winds). Three of them have lost all of their leaves. The one closest to the house still has a few leaves dangling. Once the leaves are gone, the branches are starkly displayed with the spikey seed pod. On the driveway, thousands of little black-brown seeds are scattered waiting for the wind to whisk them to some fertile soil.