Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Belle Isle Willows


Belle Isle is famous for its old warped willows. They are everywhere on the island.

And V, here is the same tree, a litle more "noir" for you.

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10 comments:

  1. VJanuary 26, 2010 at 8:21 AM

    Add this one to the "noir" tale of the two street scenes below. Someone meets a dangerous stranger near that tree...? Or...?

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  2. LowellJanuary 26, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    Love willows...we had a big Weeping Willow in our front yard when we lived in Dallas, but some bugs killed it and we had to cut it down! Boo!

    A rather spooky photo, Mary, but beautiful at the same time! So cold looking up thar in Detroit!

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  3. RoseJanuary 26, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    Oh, this is wonderful!

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  4. Mary Stebbins TaittJanuary 26, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    Thanks, V, Jacon and Rose. V, I think I'd have fun making this very "noir!" What if I inverted it, for starters?

    I used to climb a weeping willow when I was a kid, Jacob!

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  5. VJanuary 27, 2010 at 6:11 AM

    I see that dangerous stranger has met his doom!

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  6. Mary Stebbins TaittJanuary 27, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    LOL! A bit of Noir! :-D

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  7. WolynskiJanuary 29, 2010 at 6:02 AM

    Strange, but intriguing.
    Why are these willows so warped? Is it the wind from the lake?

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  8. Mary Stebbins TaittJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:51 AM

    I'm not sure, willows (around here) all tend to look that way--they have fairly soft wood--so between the wind and constant breakage, that may be why.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    Ha! Great, Mary, you are so creative!

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  10. Mary Stebbins TaittJanuary 31, 2010 at 4:36 PM

    Thanks, Stine. Tee hee, I had fun with this.

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