This has been a beautiful Utah fall for me to enjoy while walking my dog each day. It’s gotten me thinking about autumns of years past, and recalling my time living in Atlanta after college. Before that, back when I was studying at BYU, the grad student from Georgia who was teaching my German classContinue reading “autumn, trees, and atlanta”
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another try
I decided to take another shot at turning this funny-shaped tree into a painting. Acrylic on hardboard, 2.75×3.75 inches.
drawing: royal raindrops crabapple tree
Year two in my yard for this tree. Last year this tree grew five branches straight up, at least a couple feet above the rest of the tree. Then, this year, those same long branches started putting out new growth from their tall ends, which made them all flop to the sides from the weight.Continue reading “drawing: royal raindrops crabapple tree”
drawing: big cis plum tree
When I bought this tree last fall I thought its leaves were sparse because they had already been dropping with the turning season. Turns out, nope. The tree was just unhappy enough in the nursery conditions that it only had a handful of leaves, and a number of bare branches. It is starting to settleContinue reading “drawing: big cis plum tree”
dig a hole, fill it up
I chose this Big Cis plum tree to block the line of sight from across the street to my back patio because of its beautiful leaves and perfect size. Arborists can look down on red leaf plums because they are overplanted in some areas and they only live about 20 years, making them a short-termContinue reading “dig a hole, fill it up”
leaves turning
I love the color details on these autumn crabapple leaves.
paperbark maple
The record heat we had this summer was not kind to this young paperbark maple in its first year in my yard. It only has a handful of leaves, and most of them have suffered from sun scorch. I’m interested to see whether this tree ends up doing well. On one hand, USU’s Tree BrowserContinue reading “paperbark maple”
mind and heart 