November 22, 2018

So many things to give thanks for.  Amelia is doing very well in school taking courses in Urban Ecology, Dance Anatomy, Essay Writing, Environmental Politics.   And she’s working part-time and gaining valuable career experience. 

Coming home for the holidays, Amelia planted her tree in the front yard.   It’s a “Kwanzan” Cherry Tree (prunus serrulata)  and will grow to 20 – 40 feet high and 25 – 35 feet wide.  It will bear double pink flowers in the spring and orange & yellow leaves in the fall.  The Oregon juncos, finches, blue jays, sparrows and humming-birds will love her tree in the years to come.

It’s pouring rain… looks like a major storm has come.  But the cherry tree was planted today!

By this time next year, this tree will start looking beautiful as the leaves turn red and yellow for fall.