Homes on Mt. Rainier -- part 4

Homes on Mt. Rainier -- part 3

Homes on Mount Rainier. . .part 2

More tree shots. . . I love photographing old trees.

Homes on Mount Rainier. . .part 1

There were many fallen trees at Rainier. No one is allowed to haul them off for firewood. It is a National Park and all wood remains there to become a home for bugs, insects and smaller animals. Can you see any?

Little Tree Blooms

I don't know what kind of tree this is but it is in full bloom now. It is the same one I got the bud macro just opening last week. CLICK on them to enlarge -- especially the triple bud one.

Odd Shots -- Playing Catch With the Moon

If you want to join ODD SHOTS, see Katney

Doesn't it look like the branches are tossing it back and forth?

What tree looks like this in Summer and . . .

this in the Fall?

Bridges Between -- November 2008

RuneE is sponsoring this monthly challenge on the first Monday of every month. Bridges Between is subject to open interpretation.

The last Saturday of October, I went to a party . . . a PLANTING party! There were 400 of us that accepted the invitation. Adults and teens
and even some small frys came with their gloves and shovels.

Our mission was to plant 1,500 trees and native plants along the Burnt Bridge Creek watershed to help prevent erosion and protect the small animals that lived in or near the waterbeds.

CLICK on the photo to see the bridge as it is in the shade and not visible well in small photo. There are many bridges on the wandering pathways in this park.

The planting was all done THIS TIME in one park about 2 miles from me. My connection for involvement came because the park is part of the Burnt Bridge Creek Walking Trail that starts at Stewart Glen in the west of our city and ends presently at 89th and Burton Road in the eastern part. Part of it runs thru this big, beautiful area that is called Leverich Park. We planted in 5 areas of the park and I helped in three of them.
We did it in record time and were treated to a free lunch and a T shirt with a dragonfly on it.

The trees and plants and the volunteers are my "bridges between" today because by planting them, we guarantee a future for the riverbed (and small animals that use it )that our walking trail follows alongside throughout our city and without all the volunteers, it would have taken city employees much longer to get them planted. I don't think most of us came for the free lunch but because we care about what God has provided for us in the beautiful Northwest and want to take care of it for future generations to enjoy. The free T shirts were an added surprise.

Tree MONSTER????????

It almost looks like it is walking towards me and coming to get me with its outstretched arms. . . Ü