"Where I Live"
Facing southwest by our house: the Sierra foothills.
That is the theme of Day 2 of the Just Go Do It 30 Day Photo Challenge
& I already have a confession: I took this photo yesterday, not today.
It rained ALL DAY, today.
Not a lot of tugging the Nikon w/me as I sklitch & slide around the property.
So: among the tree species you see above are
ponderosa pines (Pinus ponderosa, go figure, the pointy ones)
and foothill pine (Pinus sabiana, the rounded ones).
Same sunset, looking due south.
Foothill (or grey or umpteen other common names) pines grow,
as the name suggests, at low elevation (20-2200 m),
and can tolerate the (100+ F) heat and drought we have here. SUPER tough.
What they DON'T tolerate too well is snow.
