Asymmetry is pretty simple for me to find. I just step out the back sliding door, and I find my two small Japanese Maple trees. Both are studies in Asymmetry. The one that I planted first, just after I bought my house in the summer of 2000, is named “Fluffy” (by my husband). It was just a tiny thing, and now has grown taller, and leafed-out nicely. Since our yard is shaded most of the time, it only gets direct sunshine from the East for a couple of hours a day. You can see how it grows only in one direction, where the sunlight comes from!
See the trunk on the right-hand side? This is on the South side of the yard.
The other one is planted on the East side of the yard, and is even more asymmetrical than Fluffy.
This one is newer, and gets a higher percentage of the East sunlight. [you can also see that our house is surrounded by cedar trees in the neighbor’s yard, and the green space to the West of the house-they drop those “scales” a lot in the fall].
On our Hawaii cruise in 2018, the ship was chock-full of asymmetry. The wall display of fun plates in one of the restaurants on board was quite eye-catching.
Also on the wall in that same restaurant was something from Nature, very asymmetrical.
When we disembarked in Lahaina, on Maui, one of the biggest attractions there was the huge Banyan tree in the city park. Nothing could be more asymmetrical than this!
That one tree covered most of a city block. Unfortunately, that tree was badly damaged by the fire that destroyed most of Lahaina this past summer. I am very happy that I took so many photos of it.
Right around my own house, asymmetry reigns. We really need to get some more bookshelves!
Some of those shelves have books two-deep! And also in my bedroom:
Some of my favorite plants are ornamental grasses, and their fronds are mostly a study in asymmetry.
Finally, our beaches are rarely symmetrical, and my favorite local one is decidedly not!
Here’s the link to this week’s Original Post. And Tina’s wonderful post too!
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Some excellent asymmetry RB – I was especially drawn to your Japanese maple. My dad died very young and we had a similar maple in our garden. He loved that tree and I remember vividly how disappointed he was when it was struck by lightning in a storm and never recovered. Funny how old memories can return in a flash with such a reminder. Anyway I digress. Lovely post, thanks as always for joining us and for the link to my post.
So many great examples of asymmetry. And I love Fluffy. I cherished the ones I had in my yard when we lived in WA, and as you show, their color is brilliant. The plates were a cool addition to the challenges as was the wall. Fantastic contributions. Thanks for coming along.
Your bookcases are almost like mine 🙂 I love the plates, and the tree. It was a shame it was so damaged in the fire.