While walking to the MU for coffee and a breakfast burrito this morning, I saw post-storm sights that I wanted to share. For the big picture, click on the small photos.

One of the trees in planters that surround the Cady Fountain was toppled by the wind – this tree has been in place my whole 10 years at ASU and withstood many storms. I guess it was just its time.

Another tree outside Dixie Gammage lost a big chunk. I think this is an olive tree, so wish it would have suffered a complete toppling fate instead of the tree by the fountain. Maybe this one will have lost enough of itself to justify its total removal. I’m terribly allergic to olive trees.

Storm detritus collected on the sidewalk. The bougainvillea bracts blow everywhere and after a storm it looks like a wedding aisle once the flower girl has completed her task. I love them and wish facman wasn’t so quick with the brooms and blowers.

For cleanup, ASU uses gas blowers and these small street sweepers – this guy was racing around, blasting away at the post-storm debris. He was twirling and swirling, almost like he was a counterstorm storm. This is an action photo that took me three tries to get – he was moving!