Gingko leaf with seasonal vibes (19 October 2025)

 Do I take photos out of bus windows?  Yes.

Autumn colors

The fact that it is turning red at a different speed in different parts of the tree makes it work for me. 

Snow in Summer (12 June 2024)

My own version of this tea tree in front of my house, which I helped plant, was blown down in a storm, and never fully recovered... plus, it's young branches were low, and neighbors decided it was a threat to their cars.  I would watch from home as they would reach up and rip branches off...  [rolling eyes at the nerve of people]

This one is in a public park and safe from that kind of nonsense.

Lovely Ginkgo along Mission Creek (30 December)

 Not all of the gingkos in this park were fully gold, but this one is!

Trees in fog

I don't need to admit that I took about 100 photos like this today.

Gray on gray inspiration

I am one of those people who likes subtle, abstract paintings.  It feels inevitable that you will eventually see a gray/white layered painting from me based on this, and on eucalyptus bark and leaves generally.   (Photo taken on 01/09/21.)

Naturally shaped (not pollarded)

Eucalyptus (from Australia) are a popular tree in California, despite their habit of exploding when they catch fire.  (This is an ISSUE in this new, more flame-filled era.)  They are tall and lovely, and smell nice.  This particular one is also very naturally shaped (relatively unpruned) and perhaps young.  

We pollard certain kinds of trees here (cut them back rather violently to near the main trunk), and that can result in some dramatic regrowth, which is what the older trees in the back show in certain sections.  New, tree-shaped branches grow from the cuts, and since these trees are already prone to looking like multiple trees that start at different heights, that characteristic becomes rather dramatic.  At a certain point, it feels RISKY to walk below a tree with many trees branching out of it over your head.  

But this one feels smooth and safe.  (Photo taken on 01/09/21.)

Misty near shore

Salt-avoiding Cypress

This looks like one I might draw...