walking in the woods
looking for the seedlings
planted this spring
a gang of deer
took off
with a few flashes
of white
I Listen to
Mother Nature
for advise on
forest husbandry
and find the
White Pine youngsters
thriving in their new
neighbourhood
This White Pine from which this board
was cut germinated about 400 years ago.
I salvaged it when I was 25 for
cupboards in the house that I was building.
It was from the attic floor of a 150 year-old stone
I salvaged it when I was 25 for
cupboards in the house that I was building.
It was from the attic floor of a 150 year-old stone
Georgian farm house near Streetsville
where I grew up.
The old White Pine may have grown up
in the woods where I have lived for
35 years. The original forest here included
where I grew up.
The old White Pine may have grown up
in the woods where I have lived for
35 years. The original forest here included
White Oak and White Pine
but the regrowth has become predominantly Maple.
This old Pine and it's neighbour's were
also cut into timbers for the farm's
barns, some of which are looking on from
the woodshed and tractor Taj.
I touch the Pine every day in
the kitchen cupboards .
The 24x21 in. piece that i'm painting
and carving was part of one end
of the original kitchen cabinets which
have subsequently been rebuilt
with Butternut, Beech and Ash
from the property.
It's a perfect late summer day
for hanging out with the forest creatures
This old Pine and it's neighbour's were
also cut into timbers for the farm's
barns, some of which are looking on from
the woodshed and tractor Taj.
I touch the Pine every day in
the kitchen cupboards .
The 24x21 in. piece that i'm painting
and carving was part of one end
of the original kitchen cabinets which
have subsequently been rebuilt
with Butternut, Beech and Ash
from the property.
It's a perfect late summer day
for hanging out with the forest creatures
while bring in the firewood
but a valve stem let go
on one of the
1939 tractors so
one form of bliss
is exchanged
for another
