The story began when I was in New York for travelling last April. I am interested in snapping a tree, no matter it's with leaves or without. I remembered that I randomly selected Chelsea as one of my wondering place one day, and excited to see lots of beautiful trees around this area. Later, I realised that Chelsea is famous for its wonderful gardening.
When I was snapping a tree, a house and tree's owner sat next to main door, and asked what I was doing. I just explained that the tree caught my attention, and I couldn't help taking some photos of it. The owner was so kind to show me the photo of the tree in 100 years ago, when it was still a very young and thin tree. Now, it keeps fourishing. The owner even let me in the big and cozy house, and we even had some great conversation in the dining room. How nice it was! Such an interesting encounter!

Snowy tree in Jan 2009
Paintings in dining room