senoritafish | (no subject)

Two of my kids go to the same elementary school I did. In this spot, there used to be a mulberry tree. It was handy for third grade science projects where classes raised silkworms, watched them pupate and then got to see fat silk moths emerge from their cocoons. I liked the mulberries when I could reach them. The mulberry tree was there until last year, when the center finally went rotten and it was cut down. Made me sad to see that empty planter in the middle of the playground. Last fall, flyers were sent home asking for donations to buy a new tree. Sometime in December, this camphor tree was planted and a new planter built around it. I noticed while dropping the kids off today that it's completely dead.

Dead tree
Huntington Beach CA
Casio Exilim EX-Z80A
11 February 2009