The Tree: 2015

Once again watch as the famous "Judge Thieler Sugar Maple" transitions from summer through autum and into winter.



Below are links to the photos from previous years to help plan your leaf-peeper visit or to see any effects from our ongoing drought.

• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Keeping Q-topia Utopian

More than just a good idea, it is a Trust.

Shifting Seasons

Watch again as the famous "Judge Thieler Sugar Maple" transitions from summer through autum and into winter.



Below are links to the photos from previous years for those who want to plan a leaf-peeper visit for the days of peak color.

Notice that in 2013 the peak color was more than a week earlier than prior years, perhaps because of the ongoing drought.

• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Quincy Quince

Ripe quince in Quincy.

Autumn Gold

This is gold country!

Time to Change

It is time to again to watch the daily progression of the famous
"Judge Thieler Sugar Maple" from Summer into Fall.

Below are links to the photos from previous years for those who want to

plan a leaf-peeper visit for the days of peak color, or those who want to

search for evidence of global climate change in year-to-year data.

• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

About Judge Thieler.

Summer Leaves

It is still August!  Yes, the college started classes two weeks ago and the public schools start next week,
but it is not Autumn! Summer should not be leaving yet, and leaves should not be assuming Fall colors!
Do the trees know something that we don't about what lies ahead?

Pole Tree

Look closely.  This "tree" is a telephone pole.

Emily's Window

According to the note on the door, she is closed because she is still sick.  

I am recovering from a cold myself (I can't remember the last time I had one), 

but her window in the sunlight made me feel better.  

They are only paper flowers growing beside a paper dress, 

but as with the Paper Moon, you can believe that Spring is near.

Emily's Garden

Snow Drops

To mark the end of a beautiful holiday weekend,
the forecast for tomorrow says that these snowdrops
and their neighbors and the roads
will be covered with snow.

Leaf It To Me

I didn't get these posted yesterday because, well, I was, um, exercising.  And if you ever need to know, yes, a ton of leaves is heavier than a ton of whatever, especially when damp.

Also, perhaps these Fall colors will tide you over while the BlackOakNaturalist finds a way around the no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-forever Google wall. 

Sumac

Where I grew up, this was a weed.  Joe is right, we should celebrate the magnificent weeds.

Autumn Leaves

Actually, Summer is what has taken leave, and with its leaving
it is time again to document the the annual autumnal display of
the famous "Judge Thieler Sugar Maple".

Here is the slide show that will be updated regularly.

Below are links to the photos from previous years for those who either

want to plan their visit for the days of peak color, or who want to

search for evidence of global climate change in year-to-year data.

• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

And here just for fun is a simulated 3D view of the tree at the end of summer.

Survivor

Two years ago this was small and alone.  It has avoided the mower and managed to grow up.  Below is the photo from August 2010.

Bloomy Day

Spring Signs

Backcast

Today (Sunday) we are getting the weather that was forecast for Friday. On Friday we had what they had forecast for today (just last night). I guess we could say that, along with the snow, their accuracy is Falling.

Catalpa

 

West Wing View

A photo of the Tree taken by Mike Nellor from the front of the West Wing cottage at Ada's Place this morning.

Time to wake up those Leaf-Peepers and tell them to hit the road up to Q-topia!

The Tree 2011

Here is the link to this year's day-by-day snapshots of the famous* "Judge Thieler Tree", a sugar maple, near the heart of beautiful downtown Quincy California.



(*famous) The tree was mentioned in this Sacramento Bee article on Sunday Sept. 25, 2011 touting the Leaf-Peeping opportunities in Plumas County.

... The Judge Theiler [correct spelling is Thieler] Tree, a maple near Quincy's courthouse, has become a magnet for photographers and painters, drawn by its size and stunning colors. ...

Here are photos of artists in action painting the tree last year.

Select a link below to compare this year's progress with prior years:

• 2010 Slideshow
  
• 2009 Slideshow