October Glory

We stumbled upon these October Glory Maple trees at an

unbelievable price the other day. I wanted Four, he said two..

I won that battle when we put Liquid Amber trees into the back

yard in California... But I am not going to win it here. Why? Because

since we don't plan to Move, he says we can't over-plant trees here

the way we did there. See... I've been back to our old House in

California and I even know the person living there at the moment,

and those Liquid Amber trees have totally over and Out-grown the

space. They are even tearing up the Fence and the little cobble patio the

bench we left behind is situated on. In fact, you Cannot even sit on that

bench any more, the cobbles are so uneven! But all of that is okay because

those Trees are clearly someone else's problem now. But knowing this, it

makes it Impossible for me now to insist that everything I want gets planted 

You see, while I would be happy with Four, (six, really!) of the October

Glory maple trees we found - at maturity, this area in our Front yard

will only accommodate two, 50' (tall) by 20' (wide) trees. Phooey!

I've come a long way though... Because I have never wanted trees in this

part of our Front yard. This was after all our volleyball, Badminton and

crochet lawn. But now that the boys are out on their Own, we sadly play

less Lawn games than we used to - and, since I decided I no longer cared for

the Boston ivy on the pool fence, (so there is less privacy) and I've given

up on my Dream of an English Knot Garden... I caved on the trees!

There they are! Two amazing October Glory Maple trees... And,

as if by Design, the moment he finished planting them it began to

rain. It's been Raining ever since so they are well watered in now! 

I think they will be quite Happy in our landscape. And

color-wise, these trees couldn't be a Better fit!

More fall Color is always better

More privacy at the Pool can't be bad either

And, I might still have room for the Badminton net!