2025 SPRING LEAVES, WEEK 10 FINALE: Last week my first picture was of a 'dead tree budding'. It turned out the tree is healthy and in full green at the crown; it was just beginning to bud out at the bottom because of the dearth of sunlight at that corner of the house. It's doing fine now. That said, here are the usuals: our pond from the back deck; the trees across the road from our driveway, the barn and lawn (finally greening), and the fire pit.

The pond is now almost fully obscured by the foliage; this is what we'll see for the rest of the summer. Across from the driveway, the trees have finally filled in. There will always be a bit of a gap there as we had several die a few years ago. All's mostly green along and the road. The grass is still a bit thin, and we'll be reseeding in the next few weeks. The fire pit area is looking very good; everything is green and our garden plants are flourishing.

Along the fence by the road, the iris have all bloomed and the drift roses are beginning to blossom. That whitish spot at center left is Percival, also known as Mr. Underfoot since that's pretty much where he stays whenever I'm outside.

We leave the year with some pictures from down at the pond. There are several azalea bushes down there, and they're still in full bloom. The pond picture is taken from a walkway around the pond I don't usually take, but with the absence of wind today the pond surface is a mirror; it's hard to distinguish reality from mirrored reality. The last picture is the 'road' that leads to the pond from the subdivision. It isn't yet a tunnel, but that's coming soon if we don't at least trim the edges.

Until next spring....