Backyard tree

Here our eucalyptus monster in our backyard. It's such a beautiful tree. All knarled and sprawling. I'd like the get closer to the ground to get a better shot. It's a playground to many birds and squirrels. And kids. My son would like to build a treehouse in it. So far they have a swing & a rope attached to a huge branch.

I always think of the great big eucalyptus in my grandfather's front yard. It was taller than his two story house. There is a picture of me when I was not even a year old with my fingers wrapped around it. And another of my sister, brother, & me standing under it the day we moved back from Illinois when I was five. The last I saw it, it was at least 3 feet in diameter.