When you grow up the daughter and the granddaughter of carpenters, you appreciate trees and the lumber they provide. Fond memories of tagging along to Kleiner’s Lumberyard while Dad handpicked boards to be planed accompanied by harsh noise without benefit of ear protection in those days long before OSHA required safety and the sweet smell of sawdust or sweltering summer days spent planting trees at The 40 – trees that have grown from seedlings as small as my hand to stately pines.
As BeckyB of Winchester’s Square Challenge moves into week three of TreeSquare, I wondered what photos I might have of these natural wonders, these organic composites of cellulose fibers which have graced our planet for more than 375 million years. It turns out – not too many but enough to cover a year of seasons.
Tree locations ( although some no more):
- Spring blossoms – St. Paul, April 2021
- Summer loss – Rochester, July 2013
- Autumn brilliance – Moldova, October 2018
- Winter calm – Inseli, November 2012
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Yay you are back for squares, and with such gorgeous squares and happy memories too 😀
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Lovely post and lovely trees. When I was a very young thing, we had a horrific wind storm that felled nearly all the huge, old elm trees along a neighboring street. It took days to clear that road and I can still recall the smell of the wood being put through the chipper. This was even before Dutch Elm disease took the rest of them. So sad.
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Like the four seasons and you are right that things were so different before OSHA
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