Lone trees...

We drove out north of town yesterday for a yard sale, where Dave helped the owner get his new lawn tractor started, and shared a source of inexpensive parts with the guy who bought the old mower.

During all the guy talk, I hung on the fence and enjoyed the cold spring morning, then spotted this tree. I've been looking for lone trees, those that grow out by themselves, to make perfect specimens of their type.

There are a lot of willow trees in the Kittitas Valley, and this one was beautiful against the blue sky of a spring morning.