My yard is all trees, which is abnormal for the desert Southwest. We're entirely enveloped by shade. The previous owners planted or nurtured a pine tree, five mulberry, two olive, eleven citrus, two palo verde and a fig. (There's also some fruit tree that I have yet to figure out. It could be an apple or pear or? It doesn't get a lot of sun and isn't very happy. That much I know).
Everywhere I look there's a tree.
I've been working in the yard vigorously to make sure I have a lot of fruit again next year. The citrus are all blooming and the scent in the yard is powerful. Overwhelming, almost. But, to me, there's nothing quite like a grapefruit fresh off the tree and while I still have plenty, the trees and the bees are already working hard on next year's crop.
Next Year's Pinkies |
Then, I came across Van Gogh's "Maulbeerbaum," a fantastic painting of a mulberry in autumn.
I just love those colors, don't you? The leaves of my mulberry trees turn a kind of blah dark gold and brown.
I also found among Van Gogh's works a different painting of a tree. I've never seen it and it's not surprising. The painting was stolen from a private collection and no one knows where it is.
Quite the shame.
Wind Beaten Tree |
I'll see what I can do to join you as I've been missing a twinchie challenge! Nice images you've shared & so are the memories the citrus trees evoked, we had 4 orange trees in our back yard when we lived in Libya back in the 70s, one was a navel & 1 a blood orange... Ah happy days :-)
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It would be fabulous if you could join in the fun here, Sally! Nothing too complicated or too stressful, I hope! Ahhhh, citrus, gotta love 'em. We have over 20 oranges that harvested themselves just today...I know what we're having for breakfast!
DeleteLike the idea of a twinchie page..... And love your art today :-)
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If you saw my post this week for my inchie, then you saw my tree bracelet. I do seem to like trees in my work, lol I did a family tree necklace for a friend and the next bracelet I will be working on will have a few trees in it. I cant wait to start it. Love the trees you posted, love Van Gogh's trees!
ReplyDeleteI'll be checking out your trees, Freebird! It's hard to not be inspired by trees--someone planted them years ago so we can have shade, food, wood, paper now. Oh, yeah, and that little something we breathe: OXYGEN!
DeleteI like your twinchie tree challenge! I'm going to try it. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent, Heather! I look forward to seeing what you do with this idea! c
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