![Frost trimmed the old oak
redbud leaps into the breach
springtime in Austin](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Frost-Trimmed-the-Old-Oak.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Frost Trimmed the Old Oak
![Frost trimmed the old oak
redbud leaps into the breach
springtime in Austin](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Frost-Trimmed-the-Old-Oak.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Mountain Ash or Rowan trees are members of the rose family (genus sorbus of the family rosaceae). They grow throughout the cool temperate regions of North America, Europe and Asia.
Along with the terrible loss of life and property in the Maui wildfires
the largest tree in the US, a 150 year-old Banyan, was severely damaged
Photo provided by Thom the World Poet
Lantana – favorite flower of beloved Austin poet Patricia Fiske (1927 – 2020)