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As you hike through the desert you'll sometimes cross a wash, an area that is normally dry but where water runs after a storm. I've not seen a wash run, it doesn't take long for the water to stop flowing and the monsoons usually arrive in the evenings when I'm not on the trails due to the heat. I've seen the aftermath though in the scouring of the trails, I wonder if the roots of this foothill palo verde were recently exposed due to erosion after a summer storm. Most of the shallow roots have been stripped of earth and are angled downstream save for one still plugged into the surviving bank.
It may not look like it but this little tree has leafed out, the trees have tiny leaves that you can see along the thorns if you look at the top of the tree set against the darker green of the larger trees behind it. You can also see the green bark, the palo verde can photosynthesize its food from both the little leaves when they are present and from the green bark and thorns year round. I'm curious to see if it survives or if it will fade away now that its roots are exposed, and perhaps wash away in a future storm. But for now it is holding on, literally.
Cherry blossoms in the Washington, DC area seem to have a much shorter life span than even their very brief-lived counterparts in Japan
January 9, 2014
Ok, this one is just for me. I actually had a couple other shots that would have worked, but they were more winter shots and I needed a break. I did not want to do a pet shot this early, but Gus hates the camera. I caught him by surprise, even though the camera focused on the tree and he turned out blurry, I fell in love with this shot cuz of his look. He will most likely be in more photos during the year, so, hopefully he will stop running every time the camera comes out. But C'mon? That look....
Our sunny, Summertime Apple Tree earrings are embellished simply with tiny Jade "Apples" on lead-free Pewter tree charms and Sterling Silver earwires.
I did this a few years ago. I am pretty sure it's a freebie from Elizabeth's Designs, but it's currently not on her website, so I can't be positive.
The tree of Dortmund Square during its second growing season.
In early 2013, 96 Silva Cell frames and 48 Silva Cell decks were installed at Dortmund Square in Leeds City Centre to support a signature London Plane tree that was planted in honor of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Silva Cell system provides the tree with 28 cubic meters (1,000 cubic feet) of soil.
This huge gum (Eucalyptus regnans) is reputed to have been wheeled over the Rimutukas in a wheelbarrow, and removed while the carter was at lunch in a nearby hotel. With a height of 40 metres, it must be one of the largest gum trees in New Zealand
A grouping of bamboo growing on the side of Lake Virginia in Florida gives an oriental feel to this section of the lake. The lake is adjacent to a college and I can imagine coming down here to study where the zen like feel of the bamboo makes it peaceful and quiet. This is an HDR working photo.