Nice.
Nice capture with the bird on the star.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...xs-1600210.jpg
And no, these trees aren't dead. They just hadn't gotten their leaves back since it was just barely spring then. Those palm trees died back from the cold weather we had. Just a month earlier it dipped to 16F in Austin. Palm trees don't like cold.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...xs-1600304.jpg