Trees and rain- a soothing combination

Leaving home and going home can be more interesting with a long driveway and an access to cool trees.

A unique variety of bald cypress greets me when I come home. Taxodium is the oldest living tree genus on the east coast of the United States at approximately 3,500 years and counting (NYT- article summer 2019- tree on the coast of NC)

Soft green foliage alternates with dark bark to create the illusion of an ancient tree.

Closer inspection yields an assortment of thoughts- like I should have planted this closer to my house where I can see it all the time.

Oklahoma redbud blocking the neighbor’s house with its flawless glossy foliage.

Avondale redbud sitting there with its flawless heart-shaped leaves.

Pinus bungeana is the main focal point for my driveway turn around. A little weeding and mulch will touch it up a bit.

Three days of thunder storms gave us the feeling of the earth getting watered, but I bet if you dug in your soil you might find it to still be bone dry below 4”.

​The trees are now glistening with the sun out and leaves still dripping from the rain. THANK GOD for the break in the bone-jarring drought.