Treefall

Fallen tree blocks East Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, CA, February 4, 2019

Eucalyptus is a monstrously invasive lifeform in coastal California, rivalling grasses and human beings for the title of most thoroughgoing colonizer of its lands. Here, nudged by insistent winds, unmoored from the rain-saturated soils on the edge of Twin Lakes Beach in Santa Cruz, a giant one leans across East Cliff Drive.