It was just a beautiful day today... it started off with this fantastic fog which had burned off by midday, and then it was warm, almost hot, and humid! But with a gentle cool breeze, it really was just wonderful. All this in the middle of winter.
So this is our tree in the backyard. It's a poinciana, so is just covered in red blooms in summer, and loses its leaves in winter. Most of the time, anyway, it has still got quite a few leaves on it right now, I have read that it's not to do with the cold, but to do with rainfall. I could be wrong on that though. What's great about it though, is that it shades the yard in summer, so in the middle of the day, when the sun is baking hot and only a nutbag would venture outside, we can use our yard, it's all lovely and shady. And then in winter the leaves fall and it lets the sun shine through... nature has got smarts.
The photo above is the view from our deck. We don't have a roof on it, and are waiting for the tree canopy to cover it for us. It's about one quarter of the way there so far, and that quarter covers the stairs and the landing. In the middle of the day when we eat outside we all have to crowd into a little corner in the shade. Lol, it'll get there.
I do love our tree. I think it looks like something out of Lord of the Rings, all mossy and gnarly and twisted, it's really quite magnificent. And just asking to be climbed. The boys haven't noticed that yet, but I am sure that it will not pass unnoticed forever.
At the moment they are content to climb on the garden beds.
So this is our tree in the backyard. It's a poinciana, so is just covered in red blooms in summer, and loses its leaves in winter. Most of the time, anyway, it has still got quite a few leaves on it right now, I have read that it's not to do with the cold, but to do with rainfall. I could be wrong on that though. What's great about it though, is that it shades the yard in summer, so in the middle of the day, when the sun is baking hot and only a nutbag would venture outside, we can use our yard, it's all lovely and shady. And then in winter the leaves fall and it lets the sun shine through... nature has got smarts.
The photo above is the view from our deck. We don't have a roof on it, and are waiting for the tree canopy to cover it for us. It's about one quarter of the way there so far, and that quarter covers the stairs and the landing. In the middle of the day when we eat outside we all have to crowd into a little corner in the shade. Lol, it'll get there.
I do love our tree. I think it looks like something out of Lord of the Rings, all mossy and gnarly and twisted, it's really quite magnificent. And just asking to be climbed. The boys haven't noticed that yet, but I am sure that it will not pass unnoticed forever.
At the moment they are content to climb on the garden beds.
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