next to the driveway road. This one is easy to see and easy to see how one of its branches has splayed out, arching over. Sparce, multibranched crowns. Many even more so than this one and the branches at all angles. These are old trees. The 3 that fell so far with Wind this winter. Last winter none fell. I walked up to the most recent and sat. Feeling my initial dismay at how it is so huge, almost 4 ft in diameter, the trunk, and to be very conservative, at least 80 ft tall. Tree has been here a very long time. I sat near where it blocks the most Beauty Full Goat path that we all used. I tried to get clear and understand some of what this really is. Didn't make much headway, i will keep trying.
in the Laws Field Guide To The Sierra Nevada...John Muir Laws ..."large heavy cones with savage spines"
Alyssia pointed out today that the Minnie Mouse slippers are coming apart. Things have lifetimes. They are Emrie's favorite footwear. She can put them off and on herself. But aside from that, she just loves them. Things we love have lifetimes.
