Book 7 : Oak
The Oak
Live thy Life,Young and old,
Like yon oak,
Bright in spring,
Living gold; Summer-rich
Then; and then
Autumn-changed
Soberer-hued
Gold again. All his leaves
Fall'n at length,
Look, he stands,
Trunk and bough
Naked strength. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Book 7 : Poplar
Poplar is prized in Italy where it is used as the base for paintings. One of the world's most treasured paintings—the Mona Lisa—was created on Poplar.
Book 8 : Embraced
Embrace to be squeezed
Book 7 : Mulberry
Mulberry trees were widely grown in the 18th and 19th centuries to host silkworms, to supply the lucrative silk trade.
Book 7 : Spruce
Native Americans in New England used the sap from Spruce tree to make a gum which was used for various reasons, and which was the basis of the first commercial production of chewing gum
Book 7 : Juniper
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper,genever).
Book 7 : Dogwood
Book 7 : Maple
New series, my adulation of trees expressed with digital brush.
"Maple seeds fall, spinning toward the ground like a helicopter."
