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Date: May 23rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Green, Leaves, pink, red, Seasonal, Singapore, Spring, Travel, Urban and State Parks, yellow.
Date: May 2nd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: flowering trees, Flowers, Green, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Illinois, Landscape, rocks, Seasonal, Spring, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water.
Date: March 17th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees.
Date: February 14th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Garden, Green, heart shapes, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Leaves, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, Trees.
Date: January 3rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, BC, Canada, Design, Elements, Green, rocks, Vancouver Island, winter.
Date: September 19th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Water.
Date: September 1st, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: beach, Canada, Environmental issues, Green, Ontario, Unusual Interest, Urban and Provincial Parks.
Date: August 27th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Elements, Green, Landscape, Oklahoma, Seasonal, Sky, Storms, Summer, Travel USA, Trees, USA.
Date: June 24th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Green, Landscape, Seasonal, Summer, Travel USA, USA, wildflowers, yellow.
Date: May 28th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Garden, golden light, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Unusual Interest.
Date: May 23rd, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Dallas, Garden, Green, Heart Shapes In Nature series, Leaves, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, Trees.
Date: May 9th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Garden, Green, Insects, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA, yellow.
Date: April 19th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Garden, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Series, Texas.
Date: April 18th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Dallas, Design, Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees.
Date: February 25th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: conservation, Environmental issues, Green, Historic significance, issues, petition, Seasonal, Series, South Carolina, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: May 2nd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: flowering trees, Flowers, Green, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Illinois, Landscape, rocks, Seasonal, Spring, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water.
3 miles east of Oglesby, Illinois, is a surprising pocket of beauty you have to see to believe, because the surrounding countryside is flat farmland for miles.
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Date: March 17th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees.
Date: February 14th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Garden, Green, heart shapes, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Leaves, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, Trees.
Avocado leaf, heart-shaped caterpillar munch, the most recent addition to the Heart Shapes in Nature series.
Date: January 3rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, BC, Canada, Design, Elements, Green, rocks, Vancouver Island, winter.
Date: September 19th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Water.
Redbud leaf, summer rain, northeastern Texas
Date: September 1st, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: beach, Canada, Environmental issues, Green, Ontario, Unusual Interest, Urban and Provincial Parks.
Shopping carts in Lake Ontario, Kingston ON
Date: August 27th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Elements, Green, Landscape, Oklahoma, Seasonal, Sky, Storms, Summer, Travel USA, Trees, USA.
Moore, OK late Summer storm
Date: June 24th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Green, Landscape, Seasonal, Summer, Travel USA, USA, wildflowers, yellow.
Date: May 28th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Garden, golden light, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Unusual Interest.
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Artist: Anonymous Caterpillar
Dimensions: each hole approximately knee-high to a grasshopper
Medium: Mixed media; Canna leaf, Chlorophyll, Sunlight, etc.
Priceless
Date: May 23rd, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Dallas, Garden, Green, Heart Shapes In Nature series, Leaves, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, Trees.
Somerset Maugham said, “There is never enough time for love and art”.
To elaborate:
There is not enough time for love of trees and art.
Date: May 9th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Garden, Green, Insects, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA, yellow.
Date: April 19th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Garden, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Series, Texas.
Date: April 18th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Dallas, Design, Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees.
It’s Green, baby!
Date: February 25th, 2009 | Comments : none | Categories: conservation, Environmental issues, Green, Historic significance, issues, petition, Seasonal, Series, South Carolina, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Update – originally posted September 11, 2008
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This set of photos honors the efforts of a petition to halt construction on John’s Island, South Carolina that would have encroached on an area of land boasting an Oak tree estimated to be between 300 and 400 years old.
Charleston, SC is proud of its heritage and respected for its commitment to preserving history in the area. Thanks to individuals rallying together and signing a petition, we are reassured that small efforts can and do make a difference on this planet. The land surrounding the Angel Oak is no longer in jeopardy. 17 acres were purchased by Lowcountry Land Trust, protecting the area adjacent to the tree.
Initially I wrote a longer article promoting the petition and website, which is no longer active. There were pages of exclamations by tourists who have visited the area specifically to see the Angel Oak, and interesting comments and pleas from residents who have fond memories of climbing the branches as children, and whose children now do the same. A nearby elementary school carries its’ name.
During the summer of 2008, my husband and I drove through South Carolina and took a short detour to John’s Island because I had heard of the tree and was very curious to see it. We drove through wicked rains at the edge of Tropical storm Faye, so when we arrived at Angel Oak park no one else was there. The tree trunk and lower branches are so immense, many have been propped up with stakes and heavy cables here and there, which is a little intrusive for photo-taking, but obviously necessary. Growth is spread outward more than upward, occupying an enormous space at least 150 feet wide.
According to after the Category 5 Hurricane Hugo hit the coast of in 1989, Governor Carroll Campbell is reported to say that the storm destroyed enough timber in South Carolina to frame a home for every family in the state of West Virginia. All those trees and forests obliterated, yet The Angel Oak survived. It has since healed injuries inflicted by Hurricane Hugo.
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