The Tree

I didn't remember the tree. We first saw our house in early May 2006. We came back to Garfield and started the long process of fixing our house up to sell and then selling it! Sooooooooo, it had been 14 months since we had seen the house we were buying. I don't know why I didn't remember the sycamore tree, it's glorious. The one part of our house back in Washington I was regretting losing the most (no, not the shops!, the teahouse was a close second!) was the maple tree. It was just a part of me, a part of that place. So much happened in the maple tree, our kids played there, the neighbor kids too, the raccoons, the squirrels, the birds. It was the first thing I saw in the morning out the kitchen window as I was making coffee, it was often the last thing I saw at night. The tree. My new tree is also huge, full of life. It has provided wonderful shade on the deck all summer. The leaves are just beginning to turn for fall. It is a beautiful tree. I'm so happy I have a tree.