I just took the below picture about an hour ago. Can you believe that the weather forecast calls for rain this weekend. Hard to believe it can be so when I look out at that gorgeous blue. Not to mention I even have the back door open letting in some much appreciated and needed fresh air into this tiny and cooped up house!
The tree in the front of the picture is in my backyard and the tree behind it is in my neighbor’s yard. I am not the greatest when it comes to identifying trees but I believe the one in my neighbors yard is a Cotton Wood. I think the tree in my yard is an Alder. Both trees were planted by Mother Nature and are thriving. We actually did not even know our tree was there until about a year and a half ago as it decided to take up residence in the blackberry bramble.
I found an interesting site while attempting to confirm my hunches on these two plants. It is a site devoted to common trees of the Pacific Northwest by Oregon State University. Below are the links to their pages on Alder and Cotton Woods.
Have a great weekend everyone and wish for no rain over here as I have some more Bittercress that must be taken care of ASAP!
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this is similar to my SWF! great shot. can’t wait for spring to show!
Hmm, we were supposed to get rain last weekend and it never happened. I was actually a bit dissappointed because the rain would melt my snow cover faster. It sure doesn’t LOOK like rain over there.
the sky looks so blue! thanks for stopping by, come back anytime!
Deb
Have a good weekend!
I am hoping for one more day of sun, since I have had a brutal cold and missed a bunch of good gardening weather days.
Nice SWF pic, I didn’t manage to continue this week. Maybe next time. Thanks for the link, I need to get better with my tree ID! It’s a lot harder in winter, when leaves are absent…
Hi Cynthia,
Beautiful shot of the sky between the trees. Lovely SWF shot. Soon green leaves will sprout on those leaves.
Take care
Bittercress is evil ! It will grow up through a leafy mulch. Determined little buggers. And of course rain only encourages them. At least they’re easy to pull. The rainy forecast is depressing but at least the temperatures won’t drop below freezing. I think my tenders and semi-tenders are getting tired of my coddling.
Happy weekend to you too, Cynthia
I spent a winter in Seattle in the 80s. You get a lot of rain there. We chose to stay after a day of sun and blue skies. Not too many of those followed. No real complaints. I grew up in Scotland.
Your sky looks a cheerful shade of blue compared to my dark & gloomy grey sky here. Rain all weekend is our weather forecast.
Those are beautiful trees even without leaves. I love shots like yours. Hopefully the rain moved onto a different direction and skipped you! Enjoy the weekend.
The tree pictures are great! All we got was floods yesterday and snow today. But I just know that spring really is coming!