Catalpa Trees

Thursday, June 10, 2021

We have several catalpa trees on the block and they're flowering now. I love the flowers they produce but their foot long bean pods are rather weird. 

Morning Walk

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Took a nice walk this morning. Already 72 degrees by 10:30. 

Still appreciating the azaleas which seem to be everywhere. One doesn't appreciate how many of them there actually are around the neighborhood until they're blooming. Otherwise they just look like any old shrub. 

Continuing to appreciate the sunshine after such a gloomy April.

I found Warren puttering in his front yard as I walked by his house. His cats said hello to me from inside his porch. 

It's About Time

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Finally a day that feels appropriate for this time of year. April's been cooler and cloudier that normal. In fact, we had better days in March than in April. 

Photo taken near the mouth of our alley. I love the lime green buds on the trees. 

Jean's bridal wreath spirea is filling out nicely. 

Our front yard silver maple is starting to fill out too. 

Anne 2017

Deb's tree, Anne, is looking pretty good this year. 

Signs of Spring - Flowering Tree

Found this flowering tree on a boulevard during my walk home from school this past week. Have never seen this flower before. Wonder what kind of tree this is.

May in Minneapolis

A neighbor's tree. Not sure what kind but it holds its pink leaves a lot longer than the crab trees do.

January 19, 2015 - Drawing a Tree

It's MLK Day today so I'm home. I picked up a book this past weekend titled When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift. It chronicles the author's month by month stay-at-home journey and "shows how the memories of our past and the delights of our daily lives are always with us, to be savored and celebrated year-round."

One of the things the author recommends doing in January to develop a winter mind is to learn how to draw a tree. "Now is the best time to see what a tree REALLY looks like," she says. I tried it by making a free-hand based on a drawing of hers. I then photographed the drawing and colored it on the computer. I then ran it through some different filters. My effort is shown above.

Sunday, November 9, 2014 - November Sky

Buds

This weekend saw the buds beginning to noticeably pop. I can't believe it took into May to do so this year.

The Storm of the Century - So Far

I was on the front porch watching the storm when I saw this tree come down across the street.  It was then I decided it was time for me and Athena to go down to the basement.

Gray February Day

Cloudy but the "warmer" weather is a nice change of pace.

Silver Maple

Our silver maple tree as seen from the backyard. Dale and I both noticed that its leaves, now showing a slight change in color for fall, were not as full this year.