Strikes Twice

This morning I went for a walk and found this wood shard along the trail. That, of course, is not a common thing to find along the trail. With a little off-trail hunting, sure enough, I found the tree it came from. Struck by lightening during the thunderstorm warning the night before.

Then, on another trail, another tree blew over. It was completely dead and rotting, so I guess no surprise that it blew down.

This is still one of the things I find so astonishing…. Trees naturally fall down all the time.