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This happened about an hour ago, so I'm still awaiting the consequences.

My wife got up very early this morning to make cinnamon rolls for a friend who was visiting us and left this morning. There were leftovers, and she told me that they were in the kitchen if I wanted some when I got up. After waking, I went to the kitchen and grabbed a roll and tossed it in the toaster oven to rewarm it. Then I opened the fridge to grab the cream cheese icing she made. The last time she did, I had mentioned the recipe was a little too cream-cheesy, so she tried a different recipe this time. There it was, in a glass measuring cup on the top shelf. At this point it was cold and hard to spread, so I

I acquired this weeping larch about two years ago for relatively cheap, maybe $50. I'm not sure of the exact species. It was about 7 ft tall when I got it, and I hadn't done anything with it in that time. I moved recently, and in order to transport it, I gave it a long overdue chop earlier this year. I don't know if it actually backbudded at all, but the existing branches put out so much new growth this year that the trunk has disappeared. I plan to carve the chop to a ragged point, creating a shari running down the trunk, emphasizing the curve and helping to create taper. The trunk is probably ~3 inches at the base, maybe slightly more, with the nebari even wider, and about 1.5 inche

I've seen these trees many times on the highway, and always wondered what they were. This time I memorized the mile markers for a couple specimens and looked them up on Google StreetView (didn't want to try to capture a pic on my phone while driving). The trees have large main branches but seem to have clusters of leaves on many small short branches/twigs almost like natural poms. This can be easier to see in the winter, where they resemble large thorns. It kind of looks like the tree skipped from large branches to small branches with few, if any, medium branches, if that makes sense.

[Example One](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0299405,-77.8521403,3a,49.8y,1.13h,103t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4

Aerial Arts of Rochester just had our biggest showcase yet, with 28 performances across two shows! I just finished editing and uploading the photos yesterday, and after traveling all day today, I thought I would share them with you all. I couldn't be prouder of my students! I know there are a lot of photos, but if you make it all the way through, I make an appearance near the end on the straps with my aerial partner. I hope you enjoy!

Fb link: https://m.facebook.com/pg/AerialArtsRochester/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1812323902145839

High res on my website: http://cjhenry.zenfolio.com/2017wintershowcase