Saturday afternoon's light

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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the Circle

this Japanese maple branch, with its long horizontal reach and stunning combination of colours (for me the red/orange/yellow works so well thanks to the black and green of trunk and unturned leaf) dominates the view out the front of the cottage.  it can be seen from the front room, from up in the loft, and even from the kitchen and dining room, sighting along the hallway and through the new old windows whose restoration last year made the see-through possible. 

Acer palmatum

this may not be the best week in which to admit that the Circle's tree management includes the constant pulling up of vast numbers of Japanese Maple seedings.  not all of them -- the resulting tree is too pretty for that -- but enough to give a better chance to some of the others. 

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Maple Avenue

it is completely human to be driven by habit and by laziness.  though I do not knowingly neglect any part of the Grove, when out for a walk my steps lead more often to some areas than to others.  this leads inevitably to selection bias in the images presented here, against which I do try to make at least some effort. 

here's an example of why I think it worthwhile: yesterday afternoon's light passing through leaves of the trees for which Maple Avenue is named.