Tree Cutting

Lou and I have always gone out to find the perfect tree for christmas not in a lot, but in the forest.  We found this great place a few years ago and found this year, they are logging it. They are logging to remove the dead trees affected by the pine bark beetle but it is still hard to grasp. Frannie noticed all the dead trees and would not stop asking why they were cutting them down. I guess she has a lot to learn about forest ecology.  We trudged through the snow and found the perfect tree for Francesca's third christmas. She is excited to have one in our house and put decorations on it. It was a beautiful outing and another memorable Christmas tree cutting.


Our tree




Forest View




Big Sky Frost




Crawling in the Tree





Forest Ecology: This is how a tree grows