Looking at trees

 

This maple on the right brings a bit of shade, but the 2 dogwoods further down the sidewalk are not doing very well. My apartment is to the left, the second set of wood stairs.

At the bottom of the hill I noticed these maples are a different variety, with sharp pointed leaves. Sorry, not all that clear in this pic.

At the junction of Walker Street are a couple of evergreens, with a lot of ivy growing up their trunks. New house can be seen behind them.

The other side of the driveway has pretty dense woods. I'm so glad there's this barrier between highways and our neighborhood.

This was an early bloomer in the spring, and it looks like it's going to show fall color pretty soon also.

Same bushy form with the evergreens in the background.

I think this line of firs (or whatever evergreens they are) were planted intentionally, since they are in a line and evenly spaced.

Looking up to the clubhouse/office building. Many steep slopes have this ground cover on them.

This is the little maple forest which I look out upon from my windows in the building on the right. With the steep hill, I am on the upper floor on this side of my apartment.

And since 9/11 was this week, this is the "Survivor Tree" there. It's likely there will be one in Lahaina Hawaii also, if the early signs are correct. 

Today's quote:

“That is why the future is so endlessly fascinating. Try as we can, we’ll never outguess it.” Arthur C. Clarke