Archive for July 1st, 2010
My Neighbor’s Tree
Today was the coolest day we have had in a while. Actually, this week we can expect temps in the 80s and low humidity, so it’s good landscape painting weather.
There is a particular willow tree I have been eyeing on my daily walk, and today was the day I decided to paint it. With all my gear in the car, I drove over and parked in the street and set up my easel behind the car. I had hardly gotten started when the owner came out of his house staring at me. I said I was painting his tree. He came over and said he had planned to take his chain saw and cut out the dead wood, which would have been about half the tree, but he wanted to cut the lawn first. I said I would be finished by the time he was finished, as I can paint in the field only about 2 hours at a time.
Sure enough, when he was finished, I had the bones of my painting completed and some greenery – enough to finish at home. – and I got it done in the nick of time. One more day would have been too late!