The German Forest

The chainsaw I own has become a very important source of pleasure the last several days. The cedar trees that are giving my apple trees cedar blight have gone the way of the dodo. I do admit that they have a particular purple-rose tint in sections of the wood that I find especially interesting. A bit like a mortgage lifter tomato. The class I took on heirloom tomatoes at Blackberry Farm has my OCD working overtime. Anyway, as the trees came down the evening light started to hit the ground in the most beautiful stripes. The oaks starting to announce themselves more as statement trees rather than part of the forest. The whole thing is very rewarding. I plan to do a number of renderings tonight and stamp them Stanfordville. Back to basics.