milkweed pods

fall

 

The thing about capturing fall is it is so fleeting. From one day to the next the color changes.

 In this spot the sun was hitting the trees so they actually seemed blue.

roots

 

There is a place along the river where the roots wind through and around each other so that I can't see the soil behind them. I'm sure they are centuries old. Every once in awhile a small tree grows out from the entanglement. This particular root bank is about 20 feet high.

This project is about one year in, pretty amazing for me really.

 I have learned a lot about the way trees live their lives on the bank of a river.

more fish bones

 

I sorta got the feeling I was being watched.

fun stuff

 

Mosaic landscape with inlaid trees.

 

north branch excursion

 

I loaded my backpack with art supplies and packed a lunch. I rode my bike six miles to a park I had never been. It was a beautiful sunny sweatshirt type day. Perfect for drawing and a picnic. Later a nap in the sun. Then home again home again giggidy gig!

The first of six drawings from that excursion.