Threads of a Tree – Tree Leapers We have an old tree in the back just behind the deck. It has been slowly fading over the past few years. Last year, it must have picked up some kind of boring insect…. Read More ›
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ALMOST THE LAST TREESQUARES
Almost the end of Treesquares Since this month is just about over, I thought I’d just find the best remaining square trees. I really have many more, but it’s hard for me to find them. I keep trying to organize… Read More ›
OLD TREES, PINE TREES
BY OTSEGO LAKE All of these were taken near Cooperstown in upstate New York. Otsego Lake is a big lake carved out of these mountains by the final glacier during the Wisconsin Glaciation period, probably about 20,000 to 22,000 years… Read More ›
COOPERSTOWN
BALING THE HAY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK All of these were taken near Cooperstown in upstate New York. We had gone to the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of what used to be our annual anniversary vacation. It was… Read More ›
ADVICE TO AND FROM A TREE
Advice To And From A Tree “Stand strong,” said the tree. “Come what may. In all the seasons, through storm and wind, rain and blizzard, stand strong. Be there for the creatures that live in your branches, that nest in your… Read More ›
AN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH NATURE
“A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.”
SUNSET, SUNRISE, AND THE TREES
Monday Tree Portrait An evening and a dawn, both on the same road.
THE POETRY OF TREES
POETIC TREES I think trees are part of the poetry of earth. There are beautiful places where I’ve visited, but the lack of trees eventually made me yearn for home. I grew up in a woods and I have returned… Read More ›
JAPANESE MAPLE AND VERY GREEN TREES
Trees in close up We brought this tree home from my cousin’s house in Maryland. It was a tiny little thing in a bucket. We planted it. And twenty-five years later, it’s an amazing tree. It is green all summer and… Read More ›
TREES OF LIFE
Trees of life The real trees of life in our little forest world are dead. Most people think of dead trees as something they have to get rid of. I suppose you have no choice if it’s on your roof or… Read More ›
CATALPA TREE IN BLOOM
CATALPA TREE IN FULL BLOOM We grow a lot of Catalpa trees. They are supposed to be difficult to grow, but apparently they like us. Most of them are relatively small and young. A couple of the big ones have… Read More ›
PEACHUM AND AN ICONIC MAPLE
The beauty of trees Each picture of this tree was taken at a different time of day, starting at sunrise through early evening. I did not name this maple tree as “iconic.” It was already called that when I entered the… Read More ›
