The large oak tree that rises above the house has lost all of its leaves. But this little oak tree growing on the side is a bit more protected and so it still has leaves to be batted about by the wind.
Posts Tagged ‘oak’
a blustery day
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, trees, urban landscape on December 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
from small things …
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged acorns, autumn, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, trees on September 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »
in the oak
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged animals, imagination, Inspiration, oak, Photography, raccoons, trees, urban landscape on June 3, 2016| 1 Comment »
Okay. So I’ve been thinking about this since spring really sprung and the oak that arches over the house finally leafed out. To sit with a big piece of white paper before me. To sketch a rectangle and then crisscross the rectangle with diagonal lines. And then with markers or even paint to place dabs of color on the branches to symbolize what I have seen. Red for the cardinals. Blue for the jays. A swoosh of gray for the squirrels. Yellowish-green for the finches. Black-specked brown for the sparrows. But what shall I do for the raccoon I saw yesterday? 🙂
leaves soon to unfurl
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, spring, trees on April 11, 2016| 1 Comment »
oak tree in snow
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, blizzard, Branches, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, snow, tree, weather, winter on January 27, 2015| 1 Comment »
on the other side of the house …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, trees, urban landscape on June 10, 2014| 4 Comments »
new growth outside the window
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, green, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, trees, urban landscape on June 10, 2014| 2 Comments »
and through a different window …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Branches, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, oak, Photography, trees on May 5, 2014| 2 Comments »
there are the windows through which I see the oak …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, oak, Photography, seeing, trees, windows on October 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Oak Tree
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged black bird, blessings, blue jay, leaves, oak, Photography, squirrel, trees on August 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes if I leave my bedroom window open, I return home at the end of the day to oak leaves strewn about my floor. When I sit at my writing desk, I can look over my shoulder and into the gold-ringed eyes of a black bird as it perches near-hidden amidst green leaves. A squirrel has dashed by on occasion. A blue jay sang to me once. I have had to snap a branch because I feared the wind would drive it through the glass. Under my breath I said all sorts of “I’m sorry.” You see, I live on the top floor of a rambling old Victorian house. And towering above that house is the oak tree. Sitting in my bedroom at my desk with the wind whistling through, and the oak tree doing its end of summer shimmy with acorns still green, I feel quite blessed to be where I am.
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