The tree cutting is accelerating. All around us there are scarred and empty fields where once stood second and third growth forests of Douglas fir and Western red cedar. The forlorn trees left standing are usually too small, malformed or the wrong species for harvesting. Their surroundings covered in early season snow, I like to imagine these misfit trees picking up the pieces and rebuilding the forest and their social lives.
Three Xmas Trees in the Snow (Two Down), Supreen on Fuchsia, 2022-30Three Xmas Trees in the Snow (Two Down), Meds on Emerald, 2022-084Two Xmas Trees Gossiping in the Snow, Rugby Stripes on Pearl, 2022-043Two Xmas Trees in the Snow (One Down), Razzle Dazzle on Black, 2022-020Two Xmas Trees Holding Hands in the Snow, City Lights on Azure, 2022-048Two Xmas Trees in the Snow, Colored Pencil on Ice, 2022-089Two Xmas Trees Holding Hands in the Snow, Multicolored on Black, 2022-082Two Xmas Trees Waltzing in the Snow, Serape on Buttercup, 2022-58Two Xmas Trees in the Snow (One Down), Oil of Olay Droplets on Azure, 2022-076Three Xmas Trees in the Snow (One Left Out), Multicolored on Black, 2022-081Three Xmas Trees in the Snow, Colored Pencil on Ice, 2022-087Two Downed Xmas Trees in the Snow, Bright Lights on True Blue, 2022-074Words–Like Violence–Break the Silence, Pretty in Pink on Black, 2022-079Three Xmas Trees in the Snow, Oil of Olay Droplets on Princess Anne Purple, 2022-077Two Xmas Trees in the Snow (One Down), Razzle Dazzle on Fuchsia, 2022-025Four Xmas Trees in the Snow (Migration), Meds on Emerald, 2022-086Six Xmas Trees in the Snow (Pancake Breakfast at the VFW Hall), Colored Pencil on Light Gray, 2022-092
