The Autumn Blaze

First of all, if I ever become a super hero, I'd like to have part of my super hero name to be "Blaze". Anyways, I am super excited because today I planted an Autumn Blaze Maple tree, which is the kind of tree pictured above. The one I planted is already about 12 feet tall, so it's already got a pretty good start. I have this deep abiding love for the late summer and early fall when leaves start changing colors...so I am sure this will delight me. And in general, the whole yard is looking better over the last few weeks. I've planted about ten shrubs, four trees, a whole heap of sunflowers, and a lot of perennials that will come back next year. Add a couple of car loads of mulch and many, many hours of weeding the flower beds and vegetable garden...and we're not looking too shabby anymore.