http://www.andrewhersey.com/blog/2007/07/04/4/ I am a lonely painter. I live in a box of paints. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.andrewhersey.com/blog/2007/07/04/4/#comment-10 Janet Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:34:51 +0000 http://www.andrewhersey.com/blog/2007/07/04/4/#comment-10 Andrew, this photo comes at a time in my life when I am most aware of trees, their shapes, scale and relationship to one another, all due to my neighbor who clear cut my property when only required to remove a falled white pine of his. Now I have lists of "fast growing trees", shapely Kwanzan cherry, a Yoschimo cherry for shade, and quaking aspen for its name. Next spring will be the time to plant and I am sure the list will change as well as the imagined configuration for planting. My hillside is now "whole cloth". It is tempting, however, to just "follow style" and plant what I see in your photograph. It's a scene worth looking at for years. Andrew, this photo comes at a time in my life when I am most aware of trees, their shapes, scale and relationship to one another, all due to my neighbor who clear cut my property when only required to remove a falled white pine of his. Now I have lists of “fast growing trees”, shapely Kwanzan cherry, a Yoschimo cherry for shade, and quaking aspen for its name. Next spring will be the time to plant and I am sure the list will change as well as the imagined configuration for planting. My hillside is now “whole cloth”.
It is tempting, however, to just “follow style” and plant what I see in your photograph. It’s a scene worth looking at for years.

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