Do not be deceived by the fact that these trees look just like dozens of other trees previously posted. They are, I can promise, BRAND NEW. To me, that is.
After more than ten years of walking dogs around here, this morning I managed to wander into some trails I hadn’t found before, and the photos posted below were all taken in the new territory.
I know they look like all the other tree pictures I post. I just can’t help myself. They always look new to me.
I took this one partly because of the snake-like branch at the bottom. At first I thought someone had laid a stick down against the tree, but no–it’s actually a branch that grew out of the tree, and then died.
I liked the constrastiness of this one. It was down in a little valley area. The dogs thought the grass was pretty good there 
The BLM (probably–it’s BLM land) had been working on clearing some brush and trimming branches around the next one. I can’t figre out why they trimmed off the branches–seems pointless to me. I mean, it’s not a park. Maybe they just needed something to do to justify their jobs.
It rained last night, so we had beautiful blue sky and lovely cloudscapes this morning. I love the backside of a storm. Especially here, because they aren’t all that frequent. When I first moved here, from Vancouver Washington, I really missed all the cloudscapes they have up there. But we do get some–as you can see.
OK, back to trees. On this one, I was trying to get the effect of the light, but I’m afraid you’ll have to enhance with your imagination. I don’t know the trick of catching the light, or maybe just don’t have the camera for it.
You may have to use your imagination a bit on this one, too. I probably should have uploaded it so you could see it full-screen, but I’m too lazy to go back and do it over, so you’ll just have to take my word for it that it’s a cool picture. . .
And then on the way back, I saw this tree with the moss. Because of the rain, it’s out in full force, in all its green glory. Moss is another recurring theme on this blog
A lot of the trees around here seem to be dying. I suspect it’s because we’ve had several really dry years in a row. This year has also been dry so far–another reason I celebrate every storm we get. This next tree doesn’t look very healthy–but it’s beautiful nonetheless.
Well, that’s it. I’ve had my tree fix for now.
