The last day of the year is often a time for taking stock and reflecting on what has passed. My mind is not orderly enuf for that kind of thinking, so I'll just make some random comments here instead. That picture above is of some red maple seeds growing in our woods at Fallen Timbers. This is the last of the "found" photos that I knew I had in a box somewhere. Libby scanned this for me from a print photo (remember printed photographs?). While the maples grow robustly at Fallen Timbers, I've only had moderate luck with them at Roundrock, but that's old news. I vowed to meet my pledge of planting fifty shortleaf pine trees as part of the United Nations effort to plant a billion trees worldwide. I did my part. Did everyone else? Go to the official page to see if the goal was met. A new pledge is established for 2008. Care to join? I got to see my lake filled to its capacity, and while I also had the misfortune to watch it drain away as well, I got to see it stop draining at a fuller level than the year before. I was able to camp a few times, though not as many as I would like. I was able to swim a few times, though again not as many as I'd like. I found several nifty, new-to-me blogs through the year. I began to include recorded video on this humble blog of mine. Maybe looking back is only half of the process. Maybe looking forward is equally important. What, for example, will the new year hold for Roundrock Journal? Tomorrow may tell. Missouri calendar:

• New Year's Eve
• Hang up next year's Natural Events Calendar.

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