Trees Magnifique

Walking the familiar neighborhood routes in late May, I find the greening trees newly imposing. Some of them loom overhead, framing our houses in grandeur. Other trees pile crown upon crown up a hillside adding a textured backdrop to the lawns and reminding me of cumulus clouds creating monster fluff as they climb the sky.

First of all, here's our lane.
Do you sense population pressure
in the undergrowth? This season, the bamboo
is attempting to crowd out all other vegetation.

The not quite fully fledged leaves of May
make a lacy reflection on the Sudbury river.

Sunset sky framed in the great trees
along Old Stonebridge Road.

How would you like this green giant in your front yard?

It would feel something like this!