A Mutant May Not Be Weird Enough...

During the summers, I am sometimes able to talk my dad into driving around on forest service roads while I sit in the back of his truck, looking for brooms and other mutants.  This has proved to be productive sometimes.  On other days, I get a sore butt from the bumps for no good reason.

A few years ago, on such a trip, I happened to see this little scene.

The trouble with some of these trees is that there is no way to get a good picture of them- there are just too many trees around them and there is no good angle.  

The tree in the center is a weeping Douglas fir.  It is actually a fairly graceful form that would be worth propagating.  Maybe someday I will make it back there during the right time of year.  However, there are already a number of weeping Douglas firs out on the market.  Getting to some of these trees in the winter (the best time to take scions) can be tough.  This one is remote enough that I may not ever get around to it.

In future posts, you'll see the trouble that I will go to when a mutant is both remote and unique.  You'll probably think I'm a nutcase afterwards.