North La Jolla Avenue houses painted

 

North Laurel avenue courtyard with pool in Weho

 

Santa Monica palms

Santa Monica palms over Memorial Day weekend

Bound and Tied Palms

Notes about the bound and tied palm trees that can now be seen at the Bay Bridge approach from the Oakland side.  I could not resist trying to capture the unique image of those towering trees. 

Palms have a relatively shallow root system for a tree their size. The leaves or fronds are tied up after transplant with biodegradable material to prevent the wind from knocking them over (the overall surface area is larger for untied palms than tied palms).  Once the roots become more established, the ties can be removed and the fronds/leaves can be free.

In addition, the tied up fronds/leaves lose less moisture than freed ones. Water is very critical right after a palm is transplanted, and leaving the leaves tied up helps to conserve the palm's moisture levels.

The ties rot after several months, by which time the tree has established enough roots to fully supply its water needs.

Painted view from Alila Hotel, Bangalore

A painted view from the 4th floor level of the Alila hotel, Bangalore, India...looking south over the vegetable fields and palm tree landscape, a rare view in the city of Bangalore...painted with stylus on ipad 

palm tree in california

Concord, California, sunny warm almost hot day, lunch time painting exercise, digitally rendered painting of a palm tree, created on the iPad device...primarily with the use of artrage app...

Kauai, Hawaii, palm trees and sky...

A painterly view of the palm trees and the culmulus clouds above the Bay in Kalapaki, close to Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii...