Triple Trunk Tree Sketch

 

Triple trunk tree at Quail Hollow, Hartville Ohio

Northern Red Oak (Quercus Rubra)

We were in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania this past week to hear the third Festival Chamber Orchestra Concert at the Shippensburg University Luhrs Performing Arts Center.  On the program was Mozart's Requiem and Schubert's 3rd Symphony, both performed magnificently!

We had stopped in Shippensburg on the way home from visiting family in New Jersey, and as soon as we got to the hotel, Dan got a call from work and found he needed to spend a couple hours reviewing a contract proposal. So I went up to campus to get a better photo for a blog post I made last December. The weather was so comfortable -- 70 degrees and sunny, so I decided to sit awhile and do some sketches. 

Plant Gall

A gall is an abnormal swelling on a plant, usually caused by an insect, fungi, or other parasite living inside.

Unfolding

Unfolding

New Growth

New Growth

Pussy Willow Catkins

Pussy Willow Catkins. Did you know that in many Eastern European churches, these branches are carried instead of palm branches on Palm Sunday?

Weeping Willow

Weeping Willow

Spring has sprung!

Spring has sprung!

Winter Silhouettes

Winter Silhouettes

Snow on Cedars

Snow on Cedars

All Saints Day