I love this picture not only because of the strength it represents in that tree, but because it reminds me of when I was a kid and things were so much simpler.There was no car to deal with, no homework, no Westboro Baptist Church protest near my school...but there was one complicated thing: I could not understand how this tree survived. It was in the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. This tree, an ancient tree it was massive, was fallen over. Many of its roots (probably a little less than half) weren't even in the ground anymore -- but it still sprouted leaves in the spring, was a beautiful green all summer, and then dropped it's leaves into the pond it hung over in the fall. It was fascinating.
And, for those of you who were interested in my writing, I had an idea...and now I have created a blog for said idea. Go check it out...right now I am just creating characters for the stories, but you can go check out their Glamorous life.
3 comments:
Survival is what all things in nature are here to do. Trees are pretty tough to kill. It was near enough to the pond to have plenty of water. Some trees grow like weeds (willows) and are hard to kill. So, not really all that complicated after all.
Well, I was like four Sue, it makes a little harder to understand. :P
Hmmm. Yes, everything was very simple at age 4. Elementary, you might say.
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