Thursday, March 1, 2012

Our Camellia

After 5 straight weeks of filling our yard waste bin with the branches and leaves from our camellia bush, today was finally the last load. This story is probably told better though, in pictures...

Zora hugging her beloved "climbing tree" early this fall.
The camellia is the big shrub in the background.
Zora climbing her tree.
Her favorite spot to sit.

And then it snowed, and sleeted and camellia snapped in two :-(

Alex got to work immediately cutting
branches off the downed portion.
Shrub carnage.
Split in two.

Doesn't look too good.

A little lopsided.

Alex with a chainsaw!

Bernadette and Marcel helping out too!

The downed portion was left behind to see if it
would grow. It is now a favorite little fort.

And this branch is a train. Or a bus. Depends on the day.

We'll see how she does through the spring and summer
before making any final decisions.