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White Oak (Quercus alba) above our driveway, Faircrest Neighborhood, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA, October 23, 2025
Several of you have asked for more info about this tree so here's what I know...
Yes, it's a real tree in somebody's front yard. It's a 55-foot white oak that sits up on a hill overlooking the Minnesota River Valley. It can be seen for miles around and is a beloved sight for the community. It has been decorated for as long as I can remember. This year the owners decided to replace all 49,000 lights with new LED energy-efficient lights. It took 3 weeks to put them up. I'm so thankful that they decided to continue the tradition. It would be terribly missed if they hadn't.
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This beautiful White Oak Tree (quercus alba) on my front lawn is about 100 feet tall and 60 feet wide. It is beautiful but drops millions of leaves and acorns and branches into my yard and driveway leaving a massive mess. . It is so dirty right now I don't know how I'm going to clean it all up!
#60 Dirty for 116 pictures in 2016
After 30 years of a store bought hamper finally had to replace it with one I made for the upstairs bathroom, It is all made from reclaimed Oak boards from the On Parade Diner 11 years ago,
Some of my Long Island contacts might remember the place before it was remodeled,
On the second photo you see the original 1X8" board before it was planed them cut to size for this project, it is the same wood as the toy truck I posted last Monday,
Woods used are red Oak, white Oak, figured Birch plywood for the panels,
back panels are from Ipe, Brazilian ironwood left over from decking boards,
The stain is royal Oak finished with Urethane for durability, I wish I live that long:-)
Happy week ahead!
This old, white oak, west of Saline, is over 200 years old and surviving quite well.
These trees can tell a lot about the local history, they predate white settlement in this part of Michigan.
A large supernova remnant (SNR) located in Scorpius. In the catalog by Rodgers, Campbell, and Whiteoak, the object is listed as an HII region due to the strong Hα emission observed at the shock front.
Mount: Virgo Observatory at Tivoli Farm NAM (mount AP GTO1200)
CCD Moravian G2 8300 - 135mm Samyang lens f/2 @f/3.5
Frames: H Alpha 7nm 21X600 sec. Bin1 -15°
Colors: Canon 600D - 135mm Canon lens f/2.8 @f/3.2
Frames: 62X180 sec. ISO 800
Processing: Pixinsight
White Oaks are deciduous, losing their leaves in winter. I planted this one as an acorn almost 15 years ago. It hasn't grown much, less than 4' tall, because the environment it came from was much hotter & colder and in full sun. It doesn't get much sun in the spot I chose so it has remained a pigmy white oak. If I'd had a proper spot with full sun, it would probably be 20' tall by now. It is fun to see the new leaves pop out each spring!
I often use an iPhone app called Seek to identify plants and flowers and critters. The app has these occasional “challenges,” little games to look for certain things in nature. I started a challenge a few weeks ago to identify 10 new insect species. I’m up to 6 now 😌 I might have to go after the moths on my front porch to finish.
Because of the steep terrain of Wave Hill this birds eye view of a big white oak at the beginning of a forest that rolls downhill toward the Hudson River is one of my favorites.
It's a gorgeous autumn day, the leaves are starting to tumble to the ground. Enjoy your weekend everyone, Happy Halloween!!