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| 9/29/24 The Dayton maples |
Leaf-peeping season has begun in earnest, and I’m having
mixed results. Some trees I’m familiar with seemed to be turning prematurely
back in early September, while others seem late. Every year, I try to sketch
the maples growing in a traffic circle at 83rd and Dayton in the
Greenwood neighborhood (at right). By late September, I fully expected to see more color
than I did last Sunday. For example, when I sketched them on Sept. 14, 2017,
they definitely had more color. It’s nice to know I still have more color to
look forward to; I’ll keep checking back.
After a cool, overcast morning, Sunday afternoon turned out to be so beautiful that I left my car parked on Dayton and decided to take a walk through Greenwood. I spotted numerous trees that were way ahead of the Dayton maples in color; I noted their locations to sketch later. When I stopped for a Cortado at Herkimer Coffee (my favorite first stop whenever I sketch the Greenwood Car Show), I noticed that the tree across the street by the 74th Street Ale House was just starting to turn gold around the edges (below). It’s probably not the type of tree that eventually turns red, but I enjoy sketching trees with any part of the fall palette.
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| 9/29/24 Greenwood neighborhood, Seattle |
We have very little color right now. It will probably all show when I'm gone this month. Nice tree sketches.
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