There is a Mountain Ash tree in my neighbor's back yard I can clearly see from my office window. I've watched it grow from a sapling I tended for a few years while the house sat empty. Over the years it grew to adulthood and my sapling tending has since given it the appearance of a man being 'held up' in some alleyway. Its mouth in oblong '0', arms outstretched on either side of the main trunk.
Last year I reported the armpits had grown hair in the form of bright green moss giving the tree an even more human appearance. I never know what to expect from this Ash from year to year.
This year something even more unexpected has happened. Oh, the armpits are still distinguished, but the arm on its left has grown the start of new branches. They started out tiny, and I suspected they would not survive the crazy spring weather we've had.
Well, color me surprised. The all the newbies have indeed survived and are already well over two feet long, with still a long growing season ahead. It will be interesting to see just how big and long they will be by the leaf shedding time.
Sadly, the tree is losing its human appearance, because the new branches are slowly covering the '0', and the left armpit will be behind them. I so enjoy nature because there are always surprises, sometimes they are tiny and can be easily missed like the half robin's egg I found in my front yard a few days ago. But, sometimes they are large and change the face of my environment in dramatic and pleasant ways. Thank you Mountain Ash.
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