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| 10/16/17 Wedgwood neighborhood |
Strong winds and rain are in the forecast for the rest of
the week, so I figured yesterday may have been my last chance to sketch the
spectacular color we are having. In a few days all the leaves may fall off or
turn brown and soggy, so it was now or possibly never.
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| 10/16/17 Green Lake |
First I went to Green Lake to sketch my favorite stand of maples that I sketch every year, but I was
surprised to find that they weren’t yet at peak. (I’m going to take my chances
and give them a couple more weeks.) Instead, I was fully dazzled by all the
many yellow-green trees around the lake that are trying to steal the show from
the maples. I didn’t know what these trees are called, so I put out the
question on Instagram, and one of my friends thought it might be a honey locust. I think that could be correct
– when I Googled for images, the leaves looked right, and it’s common in the
Pacific Northwest.
After that, I went back to the Metropolitan Market where
I keep sketching the same flaming maples (top of page). This time I parked on the street instead of in the lot so I could get all three
of the brightest, boldest, most showy trees. (The right-most tree in the sketch
above is shown in the photo, below, that I took Sunday afternoon when I was there to
shop and didn’t have time to sketch.)
I hope my readers in the northern hemisphere are enjoying
as much seasonal color as I am!
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| 10/16/17 honey locust leaf |
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| On fire at Metro Market! |
Love the colorful trees. We still don't have much color except for the locust trees. Their leaves are a pretty yellow and shaped like fans.
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