The survivor

Our neighbor’s palm tree survived the extreme cold weather we experienced this winter. Actually quite amazing because it was not protected in any way. It’s been beautiful most of the summer. We’ve actually had blue skies and beautiful fall weather finally. I have measured 36” of rain in our rain gauge from September 1 to now, we joke and say we better grow web feet!

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Henri Russell]

It is really pretty. It's is amazing that it survived. I love it against the pretty blue skies we are having.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot. The tree does look nice and healthy.

[Bep]

Nice shot of a beautiful tree.

[Diana]

Great shot of this beautiful Palm. It looks huge, so it must have seen quite a few winters.

[Mave]

A beautiful tree

[summerfield]

oh, yes, i remember this palm tree. yay that it survived.. the colours are lovely. beautiful capture, lou ann

[carol white]

A beautiful palm 🌴 tree. Fav!! 😀

[Peter]

Lovely perspective, colour and textures Lou Ann:)

[Taffy]

It's a beauty! And I like how it fills the frame. Nice to see it survive.

[Islandgirl]

Wow what a huge tree..............nice that it survived!

[Babs]

It really is a healthy looking tree.

[KWind]

Nice capture! I like its shape!

[Milanie]

That's a big tree! I didn't realize that Texas had those - or at least such nice ones.

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful.......so pleased it survived.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[Lou Ann]

@joansmor @henrir @mittens @gijsje @ludwigsdiana @mave @summerfield @carolmw @pcoulson @taffy @radiogirl @onewing @kwind @milaniet @happysnaps @bkbinthecity Thank you so much for your great comments, we’ve watched this lone palm grow from being barely to the top of our shared 6’ fence, to being quite tall and big. I can only think that perhaps the neighbor’s house and our house provide enough shelter from the weather and the palm thrives regardless of the temperatures.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Glad to see that it not only survived but thrived. Nice shot!

[Michelle]

Lovely to see it survived!

[CC Folk]

A beautiful tree and Palm LouAnn! What is the black box in front of it? A feeder? You have had a lot of rain! None in Sacramento! In fact, we are getting our house painted this week because the 75-80 degrees weather continues!

[Lou Ann]

@gardenfolk yes that’s our birdfeeder. The seeds in it sprouted and were growing after all the recent rains so I had to clean it out and start over with a bit less seed. So not much left in it every day, maybe it won’t have a chance to sprout and grow.