Cottonwode: The cotton of course

A June of why cottonwoods are obviously just the best tree. Finally today: 'cause duh.

Come on, snowfall in June? I mean, what are we even talking about here. No one else does that. Cottonwoods make their own holiday season.

Like the first snow in fall, like the night for a panty raid, like the really big ones that you catch on your tongue. Spiderwebs full of of cottonfall, and the wasp I saw buzzing the ground, puffing aside a little wake in the cotton.

I love the really huge ones showing off, way too much for way too long like Jimi Hendrix.

Google maps, 44.4834 -103.8554. Lorenz Zadro, "Jimi Hendrix sets guitar on fire, burns Fender Stratocaster (1967)," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHEHHX2rKM. Robert Wellman Campbell, " Cottonwode: The cotton of course," RSS Longa, 26 June 2025, public domain via CC0 1.0.