I trust we all have survived paying homage to the IRS. Now we can look forward to the way in which our dollars continue to be spent. I roll my eyes skyward with trepidation.
As an antidote, I offer ten more days of beauty which may allow us a tiny reprieve from a full ‘to do’ list.
Looking every bit like Ents*, these spruces are actually cloaked in vines, which will eventually denude the trees. Difficult to think about but beautiful to behold.
*An ancient race of sentient, tree-like creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings who act as shepherds and guardians of the forests
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