Tree #96

As you can see, I'm having trouble getting the sketchbook

to lie flat enough on the scanner plate. This is the south

side of the yard with one of the Silver Maples, with the

English Ivy-covered trunk, in the foreground. I spent about an

hour clearing tall weeds, some very prickly, out of this area

and my arms are all scratched. The ground is covered by the

same English Ivy that grows up the trunk of the tree. 4-28-12