The tree I've tried to follow this year has turned out to be too far away. Not only that - I never really liked it.
Not 'liking' a tree should be irrelevant. If it had been easier to get to I might have asked myself why I found it boring. I'm certain that would have been an illuminating exercise. After all, my choice of tree last year was absurd: it was a pine and the branches were too high to see properly let alone the needles. So I concentrated on its trunk - the point at which it went into the earth, the root flare round it, its bark. And I loved it - having that small focus.
But this year . . . . I've abandoned the boring, far-away tree and have chosen one nearer; one I like.
It's another daft choice. Instead of being able only to see the trunk - I can only see the top. Its roots are down in a dip. I've visited this sycamore before and keep going back. To go back and back to see just a bit of a tree is a testament to its character and beauty. So I'll be following its top for a year beginning now.
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5 comments:
I think our trees can disappoint....my new tree this year is not doing much like it did last year, but I am already looking for better choices next year. I fear mine will continue to do very little until next spring...oh well. Glad you have found a replacement though that you like.
Good to read you've found a replacement Lucy. I will bear in some of your comments and choose next year's tree carefully. The one I had earmarked is way too far to be practical.
I don't follow a tree though I do enjoy reading about the ones other people follow. Really I should do it especially as I have a large and beautiful oak in my garden, a climbable oak too - for my grandchildren anyway:) Their parents climbed it when they were young as well. Not sure I would get very far up it though!
I absolutely love your header of those instars ... stunning!
Here in new Zealand the sycamore is a pest and quite invasive. But I do like them because of their enterprise and tenacity.
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