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There is quite a history behind this very old tree. It has proudly stood on the Iler family farm for over 200 years.
I found a lovely story about these trees, the story also has a link to two Detroit News newspaper articles.
26 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted Art, Landscape, Moleskine, Plein Air, Watercolour
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There is quite a history behind this very old tree. It has proudly stood on the Iler family farm for over 200 years.
I found a lovely story about these trees, the story also has a link to two Detroit News newspaper articles.
26 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted Botony, Gimp, Nikon D90, Photography, ViewNX
inMonday, was a blustery day out in Essex county, but in Greg Iler’s woodlot you would hardly know it. All around the lot barren fields lost their precious topsoil to the angry wind. On the woodlot floor the Trillium’s were sheltered from these gale force winds. The tall slender trees creaked around us as they swayed in the wind that forced its way through their canopy. The occasional small branch would fall victim, and come plummeting into a bed of white, purple and blue wild flowers. Not wanting one of these wayward branches to knock us out, we quickly captured these beauties in their brief spring show. Thank you Greg, for showing us this beautiful sight.
21 Saturday Apr 2012
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Art, cityscape, Landscape, Plein Air, Watercolor, Watercolour
The sketch crawl started out cold, (-1 C or 30 F) cloudy, and breezy (26 km/h or 16m/h out of the north). Brrrr. When I left it was partly cloudy, a balmy 7 C or 44 F with winds at 30 Km/h or 18 Mp/h out of the NE. It’s no wonder everyone left early. I managed to find a cozy spot though… in my car! I actually think I got a lovely sketch out of what would have been a lost day.
YAY!! Post #100!
14 Saturday Apr 2012
12 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted Art, Jorunal, Musings, Watercolour
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Yup, I had a shitty day. I was suffering from insomnia, or as I like to call it sleep rebellion. This was a week ago. I threw some watercolour on it tonight. I’m sure everyone has days like this. We can’t all be Pollyanna’s every day.
09 Monday Apr 2012
I got my acrylic paints out last Monday, April 9th, and gave this willow another try on canvas.
06 Friday Apr 2012
Posted Art, Landscape, Plein Air, Watercolour
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Back to Ojibway Park again. There is so much going on there. This old Willow has been hit by lightning definitely more than once, and maybe its even weathered a tornado or two. Although, it maybe ravaged by storms but it will not give up. There’s still life in the old limbs.
02 Monday Apr 2012
Posted Art, Landscape, Plein Air, Watercolour
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I’ve got to catch up on my posting! So, Ojibway is the place I’ve been hanging out at lately. It was a gorgeous day this Monday. It was great to be painting with the group again. Margaret, Mary and Patrick all made it out. We are hoping for more next week. These three turtles had a lovely day basking in the sun on this log.