Photographs, quotes, thoughts and trees by Julie Walton Shaver, a lifestyle photographer based in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: Legend of the Dogwood

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    As the legend goes, dogwood trees blossom at Easter. With cross-shaped bracts, petals tinged blood-red at the edges, thorny crown in the center, the blossoming tree does get me thinking. Every year. Like clock work. (See 2006 post about watching the dogwood tree.)

    Incidentally, I took the picture above with my Nikon D3 today on ISO 100. Nice performance on the low end of that camera’s range.

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    Any bets on whether she will blossom by Sunday morning? Check back tomorrow for an update.

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    But the red maples are all aglow today! This is my October Glory red maple.

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    Here’s another one of my red maple.

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    And here’s the sad little purple leaf plum. Why sad?

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    Check out her support brace: electrical tape and an old piece of lumber, put there by Mike in a last-ditch effort to save Gregory’s Tree from the ax.

    Incidentally, this is not my recommended method for attempting to correct a leaning tree. To be clear: I wanted to cut the tree down, but Mike said he couldn’t bear cutting it down and was going to try to straighten her. I said, “Whatever,” and washed my hands of that sad little tree. Father, forgive me.

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    She has quite a lean, just one thing in her long list of problems.

    Coming Tuesday on my Holy Week walk: something to do with the Last Supper, God willing.

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