Good Morning...
No I did not draw this self...photo play, but noticing how a sketch has a sense of appearing...or disappearing, depending on how you think about it.
But the stitched version, yes...I stitched it.
Sketchy Wishing by the River of Confusion
I am moving in this direction.
Sketchy
Deb's sketchy threads help a lot.
And just a life note, the top of the oak that hangs over the house here, well it broke off and fell inches from me while I was dumping the compost yesterday, probably weakened by the last storm.
I need to have it taken down. Has not been looking good anyway and now also compromised by a bad gypsy moth season. And hurricane season promises to be a bit much. It's a big expense (and sad) to remove a tree like this. But it is firewood. If I am here long enough.
I do like this beast, there’s something about all that white that I like in particular
Gosh what a scare!
Howling Moon River Dog. I love him. Or her. :).
Glad that huge branch missed you! I love that pic. I used to live up north in West Michigan and I planted over 3500 tree babies one summer that we purchased cheaply from the DNR. I miss all the trees and dirt. I now live in Floriduh on the suncoast near Treasure Island. My husband gave me a wee bamboo plant when my Mom died in 2007. It is no longer wee. We will have to get someone to come tame it back. It’s it own eco-system and houses many birds and critters. It’s a lovely stand of bamboo to watch as it dances in the wind. And it is a nice windbreak during the hurricane season. I’ll be sad when it gets trimmed back.
Him or Her, still howling .
I love bamboo, the sound of it in the wind…
i love your animal howling pathway to the moon sketchy sewing!
I am enjoying this direction
Could you have the dangerous branches removed and leave the rest? Decomposing trees are such valuable habitat for lots of endangered invertebrates and of course, they are snacks for the birds!
The base is rotting and it leans into the house and over the generator. Here in the forest, there is no shortage of decomposing trees! The tree guy says he can push a portion of the main growth away from the house and leave it on the ground if I want. I would but since I need to sell this place and move, I doubt any buyers would get it…😂
So happy the branch missed that beautiful smile. We have a very large ash tree that is slowly rotting from the inside out that needs to be removed; the expense is great and I will miss that tree so much. It shades the house and is home to the squirrels. I keep putting it off…. I think the river of confusion is flowing next to it.
this one has been hollowed out by critters and such… I keep putting it off but it’s time.
That river is everywhere.
So grateful you are okay Jude!! 💕 Years ago a very large limb from our pine tree – over 12 inches in diameter – fell on the edge my roof – bedroom ceiling – as I slept. I didn’t hear a thing and only noticed when I went out to call the dog in the morning. Oh so glad for the things that could have been, but weren’t! The limb came off, the tree stood, and the roof amazingly had no damage! Did it fall in slow mo?
Ah, the ‘River of Confusion’…did you see me waving as I floated by on my tube? Love this beast & River so much.
it all just depends on so many things… and we can never know.
I think we should all take a ride…
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Hi Jude! So happy that old tree missed our Sweetie!
Here I am!
Beautiful sketchy work, Jude! That River of Confusion is one long river – it flows by my house, too. SO glad you are okay!
probably it connects us
An amazing piece – I am constantly inspired by how expressive your work is. Ahh, the falling and breaking of the trees has been happening here too. The heat has been really hard on them. Glad you are safe.
gotta let it out, it always feels good.
The heat has been hard on everything…
When I first looked at your stitched piece , what I saw was the outline of a head and shoulders of a human form, then realized it was the negative space in the belly of the beast.
oh, you saw that! ha!
Do you feel a bit more alive now!? Whew.
Yes! I feel great!
I am so glad, Jude, the limb of the tree missed you.
it was quite a moment, the sound was incredible…
Yikes… glad the oak jumped far enough away from you to miss you! I, too, have a big, dead tree next to the house and it must come down. Sketchy Wishing by the River of Confusion is the best word and image description of where I am currently, thanks for that!
yeah, these big old trees, maybe they are thinking the house should come down, now I am laughing. We all know the river of confusion I guess…
So glad you’re ok Jude. May your Angels protect you always.
all we can do is just keep going
I am very glad you’re okay. I, too, have had the experience of knowing someone who impacted our lives deeply killed by a falling tree branch. I, too, last summer had to decide to have an old pine, probably as old as my house, taken down because it threatened the same thing for mine or my neighbor’s roof. It was really hard to do. But necessary. Your work in progress is lovely in a monstery kind of way, I like that. 🙂
monstery, I like that word
Day by day … sketchy moments and sketching the moment.
it’s all a sketch really, in perspective…
Wow! too close of a call 😬
Yeah, gee…
So glad you are okay…bad experience in my family with falling trees. This always worries me now.
Yes, a friend was killed by a falling tree. Thr danger is real.
Plenty of firewood these days as old trees give over. I’m so grateful you’re ok! Thanks for sharing your experiences, I look forward to reading your story each day. In Ohio where I live we have gigantic trees overhead and I am always aware of their potential to change my life. I just don’t know about Mother Nature, she can be rough! Take care now.
Life among trees is very different. We need to know them better.
Glad your nimble self didn’t not get bonked on the head by disintegrating limbs!! Gee whiz.
yeah really…
Oaks shed! We live amongst groves of them, and I avoid walking on high-wind days, elsewise, I take life and limb (mine!) in jeopardy. Glad your limb did not hit you! A few weeks ago, a wind storm, and there were broken branches strewn everywhere.
Your sketchy stitching and photo are cool.
Yes they do. There are not that many here, mostly hickory. But the oaks are big and not in good shape after past caterpillar ravaging .
Love the sketch and the notion of appearing/disappearing, and another beautiful stitching piece.
That was a big branch Jude…….took my breath away as I read your life note and felt the whooosh of it falling. oooooohhhh
It was a rush for sure!
The stitched piece is incredible. I absolutely love it!
Commiserations with the tree but sadly yes….
thank you!
But we need trees, so…
She doesn’t need to be removed, just just allowed to lay down so she doesn’t topple on you?
We’ll see…