The Orchard :   February 09

 The apple painting Pierre completed on this date:
 

 

 small exercice apple tree in the snow.lepommier.net

 

Alps Orchard. Study # 1  
 
Pierre Marcel. February 2002,  Saint Bon Courchevel, France.
Acrylic on canvas  
16 x 22 cm ( 6 x 9 inches)

Story:

I'm wondering why snow melts under the trees before it melts anywhere else.  Any idea?

suggestions will be posted bellow

Comments:    

  • peut-être la chaleur retenue sous les branches!  (From: Elisabeth de La Monneraye, artiste.)

     
  • About snow melting- The roots are alive, therefore creating heat. (From Recording Artist & Songwriter Treasa "DIVA" Fennie)
     
  • La neige tombe de haut en bas,donc si elle rencontre un obstacle sur son chemin,des branches par exemple,il y en aura moins sur le sol. Et si la neige se met à fondre,cela ira plus vite la ou la couche est moins épaisse (from Dakota, facteur d'instruments de musique à Calais).
     
  • About the lacks of snow under the tree, I would say that though trees are alive they don't give any warmth, otherwise people would get in the woods to get warmer in winter, and plants would not get frozen.
    Look to the shapes of the ground, it is almost exactly the size of the head of the tree. Don't you think it is only that far less snow got there when it was falling down?
    The branches must have been completely  white, and then, when it started to melt, the water made the rare snow that was underneath disappear. I hear from here the drops falling on the frozen white soil in the sun....
                             
     From Marie______Bluemarie's  http://Bluema.com

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See next day
(February 10, 2002)

 

 

See next day
(February 10, 2003

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