Beech at Newmillerdam, drawn this morning with the constant accompaniment of cooing wood pigeons and the occasional clatter of a beech nut dropping from the still-green canopy.
Trees are their Roots
Category: Habitats
Deeper in the Wood
Deep amongst the rhododendrons.
Rhododendron
Old Rhododendron at Temple Newsam this morning.
Alder Bark
As I sat drawing this alder at the lakeside at Newmillerdam I felt something drop on my back. An alder cone? No. My shirt needed to go in the wash. Not sure who was responsible but I’m guessing that the wood pigeon is the first one that I need to rule out of my enquiries.
Cutting Back
Back down a rather overgrown bark chip path to my ‘Rough Patch’ in our back garden. The birds have finished nesting and it’s time to cut back.
This is my first attempt at composing a backing track in Garageband and also my first experiment with a dji Osmo gimbal mount for my iPhone.
Whitebeam
Whitebeam growing by the canal at the Strands, downstream from Horbury Bridge.
Whitebeam
A whitebeam, berries starting to ripen, in a car park in Normanton.
Shopping for Clothes
Combining a shopping trip with a brief visit to Harlow Carr and a walk through the Pinewoods and Valley Gardens into Harrogate.
Alder
They’re restoring the old water mill at Newmillerdam, re-using the flagstone roof tiles, a job that involves a lot of work with power tools so I’ve made my way along the lakeside to draw this multi-stemmed alder.
Stewartia
This Stewartia, possibly Japanese Stewartia, should flower about this time of year, but we didn’t spot any flowers open
