Thursday, May 7, 2026

still with the markmaking

Daily Markmaking is now in year nine. Can you believe it? I had to check it twice.

Yesterday was #3048: this very small section of a very large red oak (Quercus rubra).


We are at the tipping point of leafing out. In a matter of days, the view I've been enjoying for months - the complex structure of tree branches of many species and growth stages - will disappear in a sea of leaves, and I will spend months enjoying that view. The transition is always such a special time.


At the moment we are in what I think of as the pointillistic phase.


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  1. Mike O'BrienMay 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM

    That is a LOT of marks! What a good practice. I love that incipient time of the year, with everything just on the verge of bursting forth. We're a little more leafed out here, which makes it impossible to see the heron nests in the nearby colony, but they're very noisy so we know things are invisibly on track. Chris from Boise

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