I love trees, the older and gnarlier (I have a squiggly red line saying this isn’t a word. Well it is now!) the better. Here are some pictures of trees I’ve come across.
This was an oak tree behind our house in December, as you can see by the date. It was still green!
I had some other photos of trees that I wanted to add, but can’t find them. Still, these are all lovely.
What do you think about trees? They are important, but also beautiful, but too many can be a nuisance and block the sun. There is a poplar behind out garden that cuts the summer sun to our garden. Every few years, the council pollards it, and what a difference it makes to us and our plants!
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I love trees, Viv, and your photos are wonderful. Such variety. I have a trip planned this spring to finally see the Sequoias and Redwoods. The older and bigger the better.
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Thank you. I’m glad you appreciate the photos. There’s a wonderful ancient horse chestnut in the middle of the town, here. I keep meaning to photograph it, but haven’t yet got around to it. I will one day!
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The sequoia in the photo is in a garden belonging to the National Trust near us. It’s impressive, but I don’t suppose as impressive as those in the US. I’d love to see some of those.
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Your picture was wonderful. The Sequoias are about an 8 hour drive from us. We want to see them ASAP just in case the California fires are bad this year. It would be a shame if these treasures are lost.
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It would be tragic,
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I love trees, too, especially these gnarly old timers who have seen a thing or two!
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Your comment went into spam, and I’ve only just found it! Don’t know why it did that!
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I love trees, too. They feature prominently in my novel.
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Quite right, too, Andrew. Trees should be given a place in the world of fiction.
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Two of the most memorable ones, to me, in the book are where a character comments on how trees are witnesses to the past, and another says trees shan’t prosper unless they branch out.
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I wrote a short story once about what a tree had seen in its life. It was when I was invigilating an exam and got bored! it’s disappeared though. perhaps I should rewrite it! I did write a poem about it, though.
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Sounds intriguing.
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I have happy memories of collecting acorns and conkers with my grandfather in Woolton wood, Speke Hall grounds and Calderstones park in Liverpool. I recollect planting acorns, however, no oak tree grew, such are life’s hopes I guess! I still collect conkers in autumn. Thanks for the post, Vivienne
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I’ve had some success with planting tree seeds. I have a tree grown from a seed I picked up in Avignon, many years ago, and two from seeds I picked up in Amiens. I also managed to grow a citrus from a pip. I can’t remember what kind of citrus the pip came from, and as the tree has never flowered in over 10 years, I’ve no fruit to find out!
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I love trees. When I was a kid I loved climbing them, but now that I’m old I just admire them from the ground.
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Oh, yes. Climbing trees was a great pastime. I had a favourite tree that I’d climb and sit and watch the world go by in order to escape my little sister!
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My favorite was a peach tree in our yard. It was perfect for climbing. Unfortunately for me, my father decided he wanted to plant more iris and daylilies (of which he already had hundreds), and that peach tree, along with the plum tree — which was not as good for climbing, but was stunningly beautiful when it blossomed in the spring — happened to be in the way, so he had them both cut down. I was heartbroken. To me it felt like the death of a good friend.
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Oh dear. What a tragedy. I understand your feelings.
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Me, too!
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I love trees, too. I am always drawing and painting them—greek olive trees especially, and they are very gnarly! Xx
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Oh, yes. Those olive trees. Wonderful. And to think how many hundreds of years they’ve lived.
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They have a lot of character and individuality.
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Absolutely. No two are the same.
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Also, they are often the topic of excellent poetry.
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Indeed they are.
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