Glowing Oak
Almost every day I take a morning walk with my dog, Kona in the Oak woodland’s around my house. My back yard is Cherry Hill, [...]
Almost every day I take a morning walk with my dog, Kona in the Oak woodland’s around my house. My back yard is Cherry Hill, [...]
A mature tree is an awesome thing, clasped to the earth, connected to the sky, drinking in light, breathing out oxygen, sheltering the land, nurturing [...]
In California we don’t see the Golden Larch tree (Pseudolarix amabilis), a deciduous conifer with beautiful needles native to the moist mountains of China. It [...]
This will be an homage to the Oaks of California. I love ’em. Spring trees at sunset, Valley Oak, Quercus lobata in the California [...]
When the Oaks were at the peak of flowering last month in the Rush Creek Open Space across the street, I could see the red [...]
Photographing trees is always a challenge. Trying to find a point of view to see the whole tree and separating it from its surroundings to [...]
Like no other plant in my garden, the Tupelo tree (Nyssa sylvatica) captures my eye for abstract expressionism. In autumn its leaves turn wonderfully orange [...]
This is the time of year to see trees – to really see them, in their naked glory. I love to see the branch patterns [...]
I think I can say, almost flat out, that Oaks are the best trees for our summer-dry climate. Oak trees with Lace lichen on Pinheiro Ridge [...]
Acer palmatum dissectum atropurpureum, Red Cutleaf Japanese Maple tree, spring leaves unfolding, Winterthur Garden Traveling always opens my eyes up to new ways [...]