Ash and Oak

That Ash is about to go. A few more branches failed to leaf out this year, leaving the tree looking altogether very Dr. Seuss-ish. Yet what's left will throw down shade, allowing us to sit out front even in the afternoon of some of the hottest days to come. So even though its days are numbered and even though the drive-by tree guys make us offers on cutting it down, the Ash tree stays.

In the meantime, there's a hole in the canopy that the Ash tree's leaves used to fill. Look up, waaay up. There's a blue hole up there between the spring green of the trees.

There's a blue hole up there and a patch of sunlight streaming down. And this tree, right here, this Monterey Oak which only a short time ago was shorter than I am sees the sky and is sprinting for it.

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