Fall Collecting

Fall collecting at 3772.50ft amongst the mountains of Vancouver island. Here one finds basalt outcroppings and plateaus peppered with stands of pine and hemlock....amongst these mature standard like trees one finds the gnarled and ancient pines so suitable for artistic pursuits.

 

Anton finds a really good pine...

 About to dig a behemoth. Trunk width 11inches.

Storm Damage-Trident Maples

 Incredible gusts of 100 km winds picked up an entire greenhouse and tossed most of the trees across the yard like paper toys today. Four hours later all damages were repaired and trees relocated until the spring....which is now...