A brief encounter with the cherry blossoms was the prayer my soul needed. Praying Mary Oliver It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | The Prayer I Needed
It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies. ― Matshona Dhliwayo About the image: My hubby shot the tree roots many moons ago at our favorite park in New Orleans, City Park. He shared this photo and other tree roots on his own blog some years ago. I am looking … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | “The Root of It All”
Even though there are signs of spring, many of the trees around me are still skinny, naked, and exposed–shadows of their spring, summer, and early autumn selves. I thought about those trees this morning as I watched the sun fill the sky, a backdrop for the leafless trees. I contemplated one of the passages of … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Precious Joy
Isn’t this a stunning work of art? I pulled “Le Flamboyant,” the image above, from an old agenda that I can’t bring myself to toss because it is beautiful and educational. Though I love the rural scene depicted here, we all know I am drawn to this masterpiece because of the “flamboyant” or flame tree, … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Le Flamboyant
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 … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | A Calming Winter Walk
The color of winter is in the imagination. –Terri Guillemets? We interrupt Sunflower Month for our first #ThursdayTreeLove post of the year. I returned to campus yesterday, and of course, I escaped the office for brief moments and visited the trees. I took photos, but it was the two foggy morning shots I managed to … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Foggy Morn
I missed #ThursdayTreeLove last week. Thankfully, December gave us five Thursdays this year, because I could not miss celebrating Parul Thakur’s 100th #ThursdayTreeLove post! I started participating with #TTL 45–2.5 years and approximately 55 #ThursdayTreeLoves ago–but Parul’s been rocking tree love consistently for four years! Number 100 deserves something special, so I am taking you … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | A Trip to Tuscany
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my proportions; and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the [wo]man of … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Lit
In a cool solitude of trees Where leaves and birds a music spin, Mind that was weary is at ease, New rhythms in the soul begin. –William Kean Seymour I’ve written enough about tree therapy on the blog for you to know that “talking to the trees” is definitely one of the ways I cope … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Coping with the Madness of 2020: Spend Time with Trees
For the last few weeks my campus walks have been taking me in directions I don’t normally take, and I have thoroughly enjoyed other sights and sounds of campus. As always, there’s no shortage of trees to love. A couple of weeks ago, my walk started with the tree below: I pass this tree twice … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | When Tree Love Meets Creative Auto
