My Undying Fascination with Trees

Greetings! And thank you for spending some of your moments here with me in my little corner of the world. Seriously, thank you!

My fascination with trees. Not sure where it started, but I do remember being on Bourne Park, in Ipswich Suffolk, and there was this one tree. I remember even as a little girl, I would have to touch it. Once on the way in, once on the way out. I have always been attracted to trees. They are majestic, living creatures. I have always wondered the stories they save. Everything about trees is fascinating to me.

So this is my blog post on the random subject of trees. I always photograph them (along with other random subjects such as keyholes, locks, doors, bridges and gates…….) All photos on this blog are mine. Some I can’t even remember where I took them but as memories creep in, I will post what I can recall. Each grouping of photos is preceded by a quote, another one of my random collections.

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” (Warren Buffett)

Photo on left is my dad, on one of his and mums summer adventures. The one on rat right is my son Joe, on his hammock somewhere near Flagstaff Az.

“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. “(Robert H. Schuller)

This is one of my favorite photos, I just happened to be at the right place at the right time. It was in Yellowstone Park, one of the seasons first snows.

“We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves not the breeze of a morning the flutters the leaves, but is own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots
(Jiddu Krishnamurti)

All these were taken at Sequoia National Park in Western California. I went twice in six months as I found it surreal.

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.”  (Albert Einstein)

(Left to right) Hwy 20 from Ukiah to The Coast in Northern California, next is same, sidewalk near Budapest, Hungary. The bottom two is some random drive on the California Coast.

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” (Chad Sugg)

Left is in Charleston, SC. The right is on the Cali/Oregon coastal walk.

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now, “(Chinese Proverb)

Multnomah Falls, Oregon. Some forest I found. Sequoia, Sequoia and this was the tree I was talking about (bottom right) is in Bourne Park, in Ipswich

Random post I realize. Who writes an entire blog post about trees? I guess I do. Hope you got a smile or some small pearl you can take with you on your journey.

Until next time…….be kind…….always,

Polley93