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Uploaded: 10/31/13 11:50 PM GMT
A Tree and That Is Enough
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There are so many wonderful types of trees and I believe I have yet seen only a few of them. This is only one but it is showing a bit of Autumn and yet really just teasing us. They give so much to us and we hardly notice. Some view them as profit to be made while others feel they are obstructing their view and thus they are cut away. I am not a tree hugger but I do like trees and I really think we are caretakers in our world to preserve it for the next generation to come. I remember when I was child how I used to climb those big oaks. It was scary but exhilarating at the same time. I don't think many children today would venture up a tree. They have their video games. I have rambled on but being an artist of some degree has made me appreciate the beauty of trees.

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.mesmerized
11/01/13 6:04 AM GMT
You're right, Frank...we see so many trees and likely take their beauty and purpose for granted at times...this one is a beauty, so full and lush...I am prompted to share this old poem by Joyce Kilmer:


I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree
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.Bleizmor
11/01/13 7:54 AM GMT
Beautiful branches for this giant. Great shot!
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::Dunstickin
11/01/13 8:05 AM GMT
You gave it central position which makes it proud!
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"Never stop photographing. It is very likely that your best photograph has not yet been captured"
::ro_and
11/01/13 8:48 AM GMT
powerful appearence of a beautiful tree.....Ro
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let me keep my eyes open, let me see the beauty
.koca
11/01/13 9:26 AM GMT
Wonderful shot, lovely view, so wide, I can breathe. Well done.
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.GIGIBL
11/01/13 10:08 AM GMT
Great shot well capture
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.picardroe
11/01/13 10:19 AM GMT
Nice and green, Beautiful capture Frank
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::Marzena
11/01/13 7:34 PM GMT
I agree with your, dear Frank, about climbing them trees! Have done my bit of that too. And still fell inclined to do it - seldom can afford it in daytime though LOL At night on the other hand, it is rather hard [but more challenging !] to climb a tree holding a torchlight in one hand...LOL I did it once a couple of weeks ago to get some apples and then got down for fear of making my baby Boris an orphan LOL
This is a most charming complete portrait of a beautiful tree.
Thanks, Frank, and hugs from
SAM & SAAB
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
.icedancer
11/02/13 12:24 AM GMT
Beautiful shot and I'd love to climb that tree.
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♥ Skates ♥
::tigger3
11/02/13 1:21 AM GMT
You said it perfectly for me Frank, you did this majestic tree proud. Tigs♥ =^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
.Eubeen
11/29/13 7:05 AM GMT
A great narrative to go with your photo Frank. I've climbed my share of trees as a youth. Nowadays they'd have to have safety harnesses and nets before they'd allow children to climb a tree. Beautiful colours in the photo.
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Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. -- Philip K. Dick, Valis

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