more work on the tree debris and the painting

This surprised me yesterday when I went out to water the plants in pots. It didn’t bloom at all last year.

I finally got out there Saturday morning cutting more tree branches and hauling my three loads to the street. And again Sunday only by the time I had three piles, I was done. Figured I’d get them to the street later. I’ve been working on the pecan tree closest to the house, the one that has four major limbs broken at the top and hanging down, either not completely detached or just not fallen yet. I’ve been cutting away everything 4” in diameter or less that I can easily reach that are not weight bearing, basically what was the leafy canopy. I don’t want to cut away anything that might shift the weight and bring the limb down on me. I’ve not quite finished this tree, one more day I think, and have barely touched the other pecan tree by the barn that’s in the same condition.

Well, those three piles will not be getting hauled to the street because the county showed up early this morning and picked up everything that I already had out there. The guy working the scooper was amazing. He had a very light touch, picking up the smallest stuff without disturbing the grass or dirt. Everything else from here on will have to go on the burn pile.

I’ve worked on my painting Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I’ve got the fallen tree in, though I want to add another small branch, and most the shadow/reflection of same in the water. I still need to work on the water adding in some reflections and finally some small twiggy stuff in the foreground and on the left.

The only other thing going on here is streaming. We finished watching the first season of FallOut on Amazon which we liked. It’s been renewed for a season 2 but it’s not projected to be available until early 2026. Then we started watching Good Omens, a fantasy comedy also on Amazon, about an angel and a demon who have become fond of life on earth and team up to try and prevent the looming Armageddon, based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett of the same name. How can it not be good? I’m enjoying it immensely.

Today no work will get done on the hurricane damage or on the painting as I’m accompanying my friend undergoing chemo to her doctor’s appointment to try and find out why her platelets are so low that she has not been able to get her chemo treatments for the last two weeks. It’s a two hour drive there and a two hour drive back from Galveston which is where she is being treated.