The View

It's been raining here all week, so we haven't been able to get any of our outdoor chores done. I grabbed the camera and ventured outside when I tired of indoor chores. The picture above is the view we get from the kitchen window over our sink.


This is the view from our bathroom window. The reddish bushes on the left surround our back yard. They make a lovely, impenetrable screen all summer long. In the spring, the bushes grow bunches of delicate white flowers that develop into white berries. The birds, deer, and squirrels love to eat the berries! My Dad says they're bayberry bushes. I should really look that up one of these days.



Here's the silver maples in our back yard.


For Cherie: Here's a picture of the baby birch that sprouted up in our front yard. We discovered it last year, after we trimmed the brush around our shed.

Here's a shot of our own, personal aspens. In MN, we call them poplars. They're pretty much "junk" trees up here, but they sure are pretty in the fall. You'll notice that our ash trees have already lost their leaves. By this weekend, most of the rest of the trees will be bare too. Fall color is such a short-lived treat. *sigh*