CBWC: Tree Art and Trees
Trees
SKETCHBOOK 41 – BRIDGE OVER THE BLACKSTONE CANAL IN FALL
I wanted to try something a bit more ambitious and I also really wanted to draw that bridge. It came out well enough, but I think I can do better. The problem is materials. Filling in all that water will… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 40 – EARLY FALL FOLIAGE
As the foliage begins to change from the dark green of late summer to the colors of autumn, you get trees with a mix of green and bright leaves.
MIDWEEK MADNESS PICK A TOPIC
CMMC – January Pick a Topic from my Photo The picture from which we are choosing: I’m going with trees — because we live in a woods and “trees R us.” Okay. I’m including on set of flowers just because.
TREE LEAPERS AND FLYERS
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 ›
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 ›
WILD VINES AND TREES
More than a foot of rain in three July weeks! We set a rain record for this county this month. Thirteen inches — 33 centimeters — of rain in the first three weeks of July. It was supposed to be… Read More ›
AN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH NATURE
“A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.”
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 ›
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 ›
WINTER TREES WITH SNOW
WINTRY TREES It’s summer and we are (apparently) expecting a hurricane either later today or tomorrow — which I hadn’t heard about because I haven’t been watching the news much. If there’s a weather emergency, I usually get a blast… Read More ›
OCTOBER TREES
OCTOBER TREES It’s the middle of the summer, but I can dream of autumn. We had a really good one last fall, so maybe we’ll have another great one this year.
RAIN IS FALLING ALL AROUND
Tree Art The rain is falling all aroundIt falls on me and on the ground.But, in this raincoat that I wearI know I can go anywhere.
COLD AND RAIN
FOTD – July 3 – Wet Leaves Yesterday it was 100 degrees. Today it’s 60 degrees and it has been raining for almost 24 hours. We need the rain and I’m grateful for the cold. I think despite the pain in… Read More ›
CHANGES
We had to take down the limb of the catalpa that stretched over our deck. Despite the passionate and enthusiastic intervention of every woodpecker in the area to dig out whatever had invaded it, the tree is dying. It has… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 