Dale’s Tree Dons Orange

October 23, 2023 Timothy Price38 Comments

Susan’s Tree in gold

Cottonwood Colors

October 23, 2022 Timothy Price63 Comments

Sliver moon at dawn.

Cold sunlight on cottonwoods under wintery clouds.

Resa’s Cottonwood

Susan’s Cottonwood

Gigi’s Cottonwood

Dale’s Peach Tree backlit

Tiffany’s Cottonwood

Lavinia’s, Susan’s and Teagan’s Cottonwoods

Gabriela’s Cottonwood on the right behind Gigi’s Cottonwood.

Marina’s not-so-Incognito Pear Tree.

Moon Watches Venus Surf

November 8, 2021 Timothy Price54 Comments

Sliver moon watches
Venus surf dark clouds at dusk
Over black laced trees

Like dark crescent moons
Black leaves dangle mockingly
Sliver moon shines bright

Naked from north winds
Branches stretching towards sky
Mimics clouds at dusk

Fall & Colors

October 19, 2021October 25, 2021 Timothy Price63 Comments

Resa’s Tree

Marina’s Incognito Pear Tree

Dale’s Peach Tree

Shey’s Tree

GiGi’s Tree

Susan’s Tree

Lavinia’s Tree

Tiffany’s Tree

Gabriela’s Tree

Teagan’s Trees

Christine’s Tree

Note: There are three photos of each tree from different angles. Some of them look very different depending on which side you are on. Holly’s Tangle Heart Tree, Mia’s Tree, Lyn’s Chitalpa, and Rebecca’s Black Bamboo were not included because they don’t change color in fall.

The Five O’clock Hour Más o Menos

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Timothy Price37 Comments

Mostly blue skies tonight a little after 5:00 at pm.

Cranes catnapping a little after 5:00 pm.

Mia’s tree under a wild sky at five till five.

A Pterodactyl catnapping with ducks at ten till five.

Marina’s Incognito Tree just before sunset.

Resa’s tree in the snow yesterday around noon.

Dale’s Peach Tree in daylight under blue skies the day before yesterday.

Day Glow Peach

October 18, 2020 Timothy Price74 Comments

You can look through the peach leaves portal into the future. If you are quick you may see what will pass.

Dale, @ A Delectable Life, rightly noticed that her Peach Tree had not been getting much attention. Here it is in day-glow peach.

I couldn’t resist doing an Over/Under shot. Inspired by Marina.

Infidel Lumberjack

March 24, 2014 Timothy Price10 Comments

Since we are having branches that have been piling up around the property for the past couple of years chipped, I finally got around to cutting down an old, diseased peach tree that we are not going to irrigate this season because of water restrictions. I was going to cut down the tree with a chainsaw, but the chain come off sawing on the first branch. Since it’s a real pain to put the chain back on the chainsaw, I got a bow saw and discovered I could saw through the branches very quickly, and had the tree cut down by hand in 30 minutes — not much longer than it would have taken me to put the chain back on the chainsaw once I gathered up all the tools and got the chain back on and adjusted properly. Whenever I cut down trees, I can’t help thinking about Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song.”

Laurie put the finishing touches on the catio, including trying to clean the calcium carbonate from water seeping out of the swamp cooler over the years. She was really cute scraping on the glass. The last photo shows the finished catio. The large box leaning against the bonsai shelves has my darkroom sink in it.