and… Done Maybe I need a screen behind the scene?
Haiku for 2020
On The Ridge.
Two things I know that you should know. It is what I knew about the subject matter that led to this 6″ X 6″ pencil sketch. First is about my home and second about my lovely state, Louisiana. And both are about nature and it’s relationship with man.
When I looked at the acre I live on for the first time, it was over grown with trees and old shrubs. It took a machete to get onto the property but I could feel potential. It was cleared and developed leaving a natural border along the perimeter of the acre. Many hardwood trees lived in this spot. Pine, Pecan, Tallow, Gum, and Oaks of all kinds found a way to be neighbors. When the elevation was shot during the clearing of the property, the engineer said that this was a ridge. In order for this property to get flood waters, the closest town, which is about five miles north, would have to take 8 to 10 feet of water. (Which actually was true as I witnessed by the August 12 floods which occurred 21 years later.) Conclusion of this thought is that I live on a ridge along with some very lovely hardwood trees in beautiful Louisiana.
Surprising the land in Louisiana is not as flat as it appears. The land in my area rolls from below sea level to under 100 ft above sea level. The low areas can be filled with water sometimes just inches and sometimes a foot or two. Trees that live in these water filled areas are commonly Cypress and Tupelo, both having fluted bottoms. These low areas are surrounded by higher land, which is a ridge, and are inhabited by the trees types found on my acre. Conclusion of this thought is that the eye could see both high land and low land each supporting their own types of trees and plants while standing in one spot.
Now that one spot is not really my property, but what if it were?
lwbateman 