What a tree what a tree!!

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What a dynamic place!  How fun is the garden.  Here’s a few different ways to visualize an outdoor paradise:

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Ah… nothin’ like the smell of incense cedar  chips.  Pine resin aromas.  Branches falling, saw sticky.

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How do you pick which tree to plant?  What is a good tree?  Is there a bad tree?  The tree you plant may live on for three hundred or a thousand years or more.  There are so many things to consider:

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Good luck planting!!  Tree love is true.

 

Back in the days of carefree nasal drip and santa ana winds I did not pay much attention to the science of waves.  I did not understand the guys who dialed the surf forecasters in the morning, or who listened to buoy readings.  My outlook was “Go!!!”.

Over the years my affection for the sea has grown, but the time I spend with her is less.  Heres some reflections on the nature of waves:

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