August 2, 2011

• Tree RAGE!

  I normally pride myself on my knowledge of and affection of my leafy, arborous neighbors. They clean the air and give shade on hot days (especially useful today, the hottest day we've had in eleven years!) They branch delightfully into branches and twigs, fractal echoes of woody elegance. Trees are great. In order of preference, I like cypress, maple, magnolia, and oak trees the best.

  Today, however, was filled with tree rage.

  First, I've been trying to paint a chest of drawers that I have with trees. I tried initially to use left over paint, but the colors were all to similar to each other and there wasn't enough contrast between the woody parts and the leafy parts of the trees. I bought some green and brown craft paint at the store, and while they looked better, they began to look too juvenile. Eventually, I just painted over the whole thing the original ivory color that was on it. I never really liked the trees. The trouble I underwent inspired tree rage.

  Later, once I began cleaning up my plant mess, I heard a squeal of brakes and then a "thunk." I looked up in time to see a white truck crash into a tree across the street. I don't know why. He would have to steer almost directly off the road to hit the tree. It's likely that he also suffered tree rage.

  Basically, today was a bad day to be a tree. (or even to be outside--IT WAS SO HOT!) I feel sorry for them. Maybe I'll try painting them on my dresser again. It'll be more tedious than I originally thought, but I think I can do it. It will involve lots of branches and stamps/stencils. Maybe I'll paint a big buzzard roosting in the tree too just to remind me of how much it almost killed me the first time.

  • 7:05 pm
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