TREES
OK, my friend Sue keeps kicking my butt about not writing in my Blog and the way she does it is by writing great Blogs and making great statements about the world and her life. She is also one of the best writers and photographers I have ever known.
Trees have always interested me, even though I couldn't tell you what one tree is from another by name. I "do" know that I have always felt that our outdoor friends talk to each other. In Alaska I would stand outside the door on my way to work, the air so crisp it would freeze my nose hairs, and hear the stillness broken only by the slight movement of the tall, slender Birch trees all over our property. The were most beautiful in the winter, all covered in frost.
And then in the spring watch those same frozen trees start to bud.
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| Trees in winter in Fairbanks, AK |
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| A Circle of Trees in Spring Right out the Front of the Fairbanks, AK House |
So, Alan and I have a tree in our yard that is similar to many trees here and looks a little like an umbrella. Alan hates it but I love it. This year there was a shoot going straight up from the middle of the tree for about 5 feet. So we are having this disagreement over him wanting to cut it down and me wanting to keep it. In this photo it is in bloom and you can't see the shoot. Alan says this is an abomination because the tree has been trained to look like this and not look natural. I agree with him that it is not "natural", but then so is the color of my hair not natural, so is that any reason to cut my head off?
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| "Popcorn Tree" in our Sequim yard |
