Trees

This is a cherry blossom tree outside my kitchen window 2 years ago (it died this year and I'm heartbroken but I'll replant). I had the family over for a "Cherry Blossom Festival" (sushi dinner) because it's my favorite tree and reminds me of when I lived in Japan and when I would frequent WashingtonDC. The trees in DC, gifted to us from Japan in 1912 (they must be the oldest living specimens in America now), line the Tidal Basin at the base of the Jefferson Memorial.
 

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I value trees. Our garden has several trees - magnolia, beech, rowan. And a forest behind our stone wall. Our botanic garden has all kinds - California Redwood, beech which is my favourite, etc. Love this one as well:

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Lovely photos, everyone!

I love trees too, their value is endless, especially in this Texas heat.

I have a lot of old oakes here but sadly have lost some recently.
 
We love trees. We have too many Eucalyptus to count, 5 or 6 Oak trees and then 9 or 10 other trees we have planted that survived. Because of our salt water we haul in water for the younger trees and plants. I imagine in the last 20 years we have lost about 40 Oleanders and apple trees, orange trees, palm trees and several pine and Cyprus trees. The gophers have gotten a lot of the things we've planted. Right now the drought is the big enemy. If we could we would have our whole place covered with large trees.

Sounds beautiful Linda. Thanks for chiming in. Fruit trees can be harder to raise successfully than others, I find. But apple trees are some of the most beautiful of trees. Let's hope you guys get some rain and soon.
 
This is a cherry blossom tree outside my kitchen window 2 years ago (it died this year and I'm heartbroken but I'll replant). I had the family over for a "Cherry Blossom Festival" (sushi dinner) because it's my favorite tree and reminds me of when I lived in Japan and when I would frequent WashingtonDC. The trees in DC, gifted to us from Japan in 1912 (they must be the oldest living specimens in America now), line the Tidal Basin at the base of the Jefferson Memorial.

Cherry trees are glorious. I'm sorry it died. Cherry trees are slow growers. I hope you have luck with the replanting.

When I was in VA I did get to see the cherry trees in DC. It's so lovely to walk through the arcade of flowering trees in April. I'd recommend it to anyone visiting the area. :D
 
Trees are great. We had quite a few on our small piece of property. Great for privacy, kept us cool in the Summer, and sheltered a lot of birds and critters. Unfortunately many are gone now from age, storms or just outgrew their spot. Living alone now, I can't take care of the outside. Its amazing to see how rapidly young trees are growing, where I had to let an area go wild. In NW New Jersey, we have a great color show in the Fall. This year was the last my wife and I had together, but it was a great one. Very extended, with little leaf drop until the end. I amuse myself, by thinking of myself as having landed on a planet and am looking at the strange life forms. I look at trees, and they appear to me like the lungs of the planet. The same branching structure, and purpose. I hate to see any of them go.
 
In our back garden:

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Magnolia tree in our side garden:

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Back garden. The beech is not on our property, it's over the stone wall on foresty commission land.

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Funny, till I read this thread, I never realized how many trees are around my houses. My Ozark house is built right in the center of a grove of trees, and even my Florida house has a lot of oaks and huge pines around. double rainbow.jpg2cb3.jpg
 
Back when I fancied my self a photo enthusiast and could on occasion make a pretty good photo, my favorite subjects were trees. My prized photo was a stand of aspens taken outside Angel Fire, New Mexico, topped by a beautiful cloud that was blowing past. I hung an eight by twelve on my office wall. I suppose part of the attachment were the memories that went into getting the shot at the right moment. Back then I lived in a flat country where the only trees were those planted by its residence. Trees were almost sacred to me in those days.
 


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