Although there ARE some large, but short trees dotting the hillsides here and there, and occasionally gathering in herds, most of the hills around here at this time of year look mighty…. washed, or scrubbed clean of scrub, as it were. *grin* Particularly when the summer is old and the rains haven’t come yet, the barrenness is almost shocking in the bright sun.

I call this photo “blue and gold”….