Fall and Trees

It turned into a very nice fall afternoon today. The sun was shinning so I had to take a few photos from the deck and around the house of the fall colors.



Looking up the lake from our front yard.



Looking down the lake into town from the front yard.



My ignorance of the proper names of various plants doesn’t keep me from enjoying the colors that are right in our front yard.



Many people thought we were crazy to build the deck around an alder tree. Here is Southeast Alaska alders grow like weeds and many people hate them becasue they do make a mess and can be hard to control. Even though it adds to the work of keeping the gutters clean we love having this alder right out the front door.




I love walking just a couple of feet out the front door and looking up at the branches with or without leaves.




And I love looking at the moss and lichens that grow on the alder trees.

I think what we love the most about our new home is that we can enjoy the outdoors even though we are just a few blocks away from downtown. When we designed and built the house we worked hard to save trees. Too often people cut all the trees down, build the house and then replant trees. We figured that was a tad crazy so we did our best to save as many trees as we could. And, we are glad we did, even though they were sometimes a pain to work around.