Everywhere I go I keep falling in love with trees and wanting to stay just a little bit longer.
Gloomy weather some days and a packed schedule other days made time with the trees unlikely this week. Fortunately, late Saturday afternoon provided sunshine and milder temperatures, so I was able to get a strong dose of tree love to carry me through the week.
Since I couldn’t escape the demands of daily life, I retraced my weekend steps over and over.
I walked the path in my mind, again noting the quiet of mid-winter: the understated appeal of the browns and grays against beautiful skies, of leafless and fallen trees resting in the sacred silence of the season.
It’s not exactly pretty, but it is beautiful.
[Recalling] these moments helped me take deep, even breaths and find calm in the madness.
About the Images: These are a few iPhone shots from a walk through trails of the Wade Mountain Nature Preserve. I’ll share some of the shots from my “real camera” for another #ThursdayTreeLove–when the task of sorting through and selecting photos won’t feel overwhelming.
I am joining Parul Thakur for #ThursdayTreeLove every second and fourth Thursday of the month. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog and link it back to her latest #treelove post.
Pics and Posts 
Mossy goodness 🙂
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Trees are such a blessing 🌳 and great reminders of so many lessons, in their majestic stillness.
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So many lessons in stillness…indeed.
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Wow, lots of trees…
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Thanks for letting me know I have a #treelove tribe. 😊
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Yes, you do! I hope you will join us for #ThursdayTreeLove!
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Nice! It’s always interesting to see trees/forests in winter in the northern hemisphere, and know there is still beauty there.
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Yes, there is still beauty, but I am sooooo ready for spring!
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So many of our life lessons come from trees! Delighted to see your photos from the walk and to read your post, Chandra.
It’s the first time I’m visiting your blog since I left hosting #wordlessWednesdays along with Natasha.
Hope all is good with you. See you again.
Tc,
Esha
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Happy to see you, Esha! I miss seeing you on #wordlesswednesdays, but I imagine hosting a weekly link party can get exhausting.
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Your pictures and words remind me to breathe in the gift of trees who are waiting for me. Interesting twisty vines, too. So much to enjoy in the natural world.
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Yes, I love the twisty vines. After this post, I found a twisty trunk tree from the same preserve in my photo files!
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