The Giving Tree...

I often talk about The Tree...

It's the one I see from my kitchen window

that's in my backyard, but not really.

It's actually in the creekbed behind the house,

which feels like an extension of our yard.

That creekbed is the reason we chose this house as our transitional home.

Here she is...

This tree is a giver.

In Spring, it's the place where it seems all the wild birds go to

"meet up" with each other.

{The kids first lesson in The Birds and the Bees}

It's the tree where baby hawk roosted after he left the nest.

Boy was he noisy!! 

Always screaming for Mama to bring him some food.

{Their nest is just a stones throw to the Church

where the old Eucalyptus tree is.

I think they use the same nest over and over}

The tree has giving me some beautiful pieces of dried wood to make these...

And I've used some to make teepee's for the garden.

Cottonwoods are early leaf losers...

They turn turn the brightest yellow and the walking path turns into

the yellow brick road, come Fall.

Trees...

Who knew you could learn so much from them.

xo, Amber