Requiescat in pace, Ollie

Beloved lunatic and a fighter until the very end.
Troublesome though he was, I will miss him.

Seedlings Grow Up

Joanne took a nice cellphone picture of the ash recently, and I realized our little seedlings are growing up. We must have planted about 6000 trees, and some, at least, are maturing nicely. In fact, Jo recently went after the cedars on the NE side of the house and cut them back severely--and we are taking out some badly sited trees that are threatening power lines. We have gone from a flat wasteland to a little grove, one that needs thinning. Tempus fugit.