For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. –Job 14:7 Today was one of those days. I’d been staring at screens all day–reviewing essays, entering grade book items, meeting with students in the virtual classroom, and responding to emails. … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Something Hopeful…
Sweet memories are timeless treasures of the heart. It’s late and I am overwhelmed [not panicked] by “all the things” and all the COVID-19 precautions and contingencies. I find it necessary to pause the madness of planning and class preparations to share a little #treelove this evening. This is not the post I planned, but … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | A Sweet Remembrance
“Advice from a Tree” Ilan Shamir Dear Friend, Stand tall and proud Sink your roots deeply into the Earth Reflect the light of a greater source Think long term Go out on a limb Remember your place among all living beings Embrace with joy the changing seasons For each yields its own abundance The energy … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Advice from a Tree
How do you see that tree? It’s [blue]? Well then, make it [blue], the best [blue] on your palette. –Reduction of Paul Gaugin’s advice to his student Paul Sérusier [The actual quote below] This has been the most rainy and dismal winter I’ve experienced yet. I was certain I would lose my mind if I … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Blue
Beauty remains in nature, sun, freedom and yourself. If you just look for it, you discover yourself and God, you will stand out. –Anne Frank My guys and I rediscovered the treasures above in the backyard a windy afternoon two weeks ago. The top photo features the remains of a log that once held a … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Beauty Remains
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape— the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show. ~Andrew Wyeth I had a different tree love post in mind for today, but when my friend Christine B. sent (via message) two tree watercolors … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Loved Thrice
Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness. –Mary Oliver, from “Snowy Night,” What Do We Know I’m taking a very short break from grading because it’s time for #ThursdayTreeLove, and I can’t resist sharing one of the … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Naked Tree and First Snow
One of the trees I enjoy watching from season to season is the dogwood that sits in the middle of the tree-filled field in the center of “my part” of campus. Year after year, I gaze out my window and watch the tree transform–from summer to autumn, winter to spring. The tree is gorgeous in … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | A Study in Contrast
Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolor, Summer an oil painting, and Autumn a mosaic of them all. –Stanley Horowitz– About the image: The photo was shot in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere on a perfect autumn day. One day, I’ll have to share the animals I captured. 🙂 I am joining Parul … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | Mosaic of Seasons
Now purple tints are all around; The sky is blue and mellow; And e’en the grasses turn the ground From modest green to yellow. Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Merry Autumn” During my son’s last dental visit, I had enough wait time to notice and appreciate a piece of art I hadn’t … Continue reading #ThursdayTreeLove | An Autumn Walk Through the Woods
