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Wild Apples

There’s and old, old apple tree at the Comanche Venable trailhead in Colorado. No one tends it now but the browsing deer. It’s grown scraggely and wide as the years pass. In spring its whitepink blooms billow in the montane sun. By September the fruit finally ripens to a sour, wormy greenred, hard and plump, abundantContinue reading “Wild Apples”

Colorado Blue Spruce – Pinus pungens

Colorado Blue Spruce thrives in the Colorado montane where we spend summers. The tree is making a comeback after having been severely attacked by a beetle that plagued the species ten or more years ago. They grow tall an thick, their neighbors are the ponderosa and fir trees in the area in which we live. Their foliageContinue reading “Colorado Blue Spruce – Pinus pungens”

Limber Pine – Pinus flexus

The cones shown here are from the Limber Pine. They are shown in an unripened stage, as they mature they’ll turn brown. I found these while walking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/994785

Fountain

The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ, has so many little niches, secluded corners and hidden respites. They’re are all delightfully designed and full of life and beauty. The little fountain shown here is one such place. Come visit the garden. $20 USD, $3 to ship https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/956728