The new camera arrived very quickly. So pictures can once again be part of the Blog. Here’s the obligatory fall photo of one of the maples I planted in the front yard. It’s not felt like November to date – highs in the mid-70s.

When we moved in there was a definite gap in tree sizes. The trees were all mature. There were not any trees that had been planted in the last 40 years or so. As the old saying goes, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the 2nd best time is today. So each year, we’ve been planting anywhere between 10-200 trees. Some of them have been in long enough that when I approach the house on the blacktop, I can start to see some of them a mile or so away.