Height on the Horizon

We live in new development. That means there's not a lot of anything out here. Last fall, MacTroll and I had to pick between planting trees and putting up a fence. 

Riley's wanderings out into the muddy field definitely put the fence ahead of the trees. But today, we got two tall trees delivered. One I was semi-excited about because it's a street tree so we have a taller tree in the front yard (besides the tiny dogwood and magnolia I planted last fall). 

But my favorite is the tree we put in the backyard. It's a somerset maple. It's beautiful. And X-man has a perfect view of it from his bedroom window (yeah, ignore my obvious stopping point in the painting in the backyard).

And for size reference the fence is 5 1/2 feet tall at the high points 5 feet at the low.