We’ve walked by these red maples for years and never noticed the ones sharing a branch. It is hard to tell which tree is growing into which. The shared branch is about fifteen feet up and we’re usually distracted by the invasive Angelica growing below. Now that we have spotted it we stop and stare for a while. Still wondering which tree initiated the contact.
We ran into Steve Piotrowski in the park this morning. He was looking for Trott Lake. He must have spotted it on a map to the side of Log Cabin Road but the road is closed to cars for that stretch so we suggested he park by the cops that were hanging out. We guessed correctly that he might be about to do some plein-air painting. But not plein-air painting, plein-air “drawing.” Steve told us he had often wondered why his paintings, most done from photos, didn’t really look like the locations and he figured out that the photos were distorting the depth in the settings. So he now does the sketches en plein-air and then paints at home.
Finally, this Sunday we found ourselves in a situation where we could listen to WAYO’s “Up On The Roof” and “Fantastic Voyage.” Heard “Bull Fight” by Cappy Lewis for the first time in our lives!
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