Silver Maple (Kew Gardens, the beaches, Toronto) Hand-drawn in pen and ink

#sciart #illustration #silvermaple #mapletree

Trio of smalls
Acrylic on canvas
10x10”
#wip #artwork #acrylicpainting #silvermaple #leaves #puddle #sky #reflection #art #artneversleeps #canadianart #canada #smallart

Trying something new with a burl. A beautiful silver maple burl has practically fallen into my lap. Time to knock out two firsts, first burl, first lidded bowl.
#Burl #Silvermaple ##bowlturning #woodworking #liddedbowl #first #resin #firsttimeforeverything

We took our tea to the side yard next to the snag of our beloved silver maple, placing our tea tray on a little bench our arborists made for us out of one of the branches. Thank you for the years of shade, old girl. #teameditation #morningritual #silvermaple #oldgirl #puerh #tea #thankyou

Farewell old girl. #teameditation #morningritual #irongoddessofmercy #tea #silvermaple #comingdowntomorrow #prayingforpeace #prayingforsafereturn

Warm enough in the sunlight for tea in the back garden, where we admired the silver maple before her departure on Monday, and the leaning Norway maple that will also come down. Micky barked, a hawk cried in the distance. #teameditation #morningritual #silvermaple

can you see the bunches of tiny flowers at the tips of the silver maple branches? But there are mushrooms growing high up on her limbs, & she must come down. So sad. Found a mill to take her trunk and make a table, on which we one day will have tea. #teameditation #morningritual #tea #silvermaple