I am mourning the loss of another tree
It wasn't even one of the ones we are concerned about
Such a healthy tree full of fir cones and new growth
It was carpenter ants that started the job
and a windy day was the last straw.
But look at how beautiful the tree trunk is
All those spiralling corridors munched away
leaving paper thin walls.
Isn't that a wonderful spiral though!
ReplyDeleteBeauty that comes from disaster. Sad, but uplifting at the same time. So sorry about the demise of your tree.
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness... amazing tracking and yet - what a loss. Thinking about you at this beautiful season and it looks like you still have green gras and no snow as well - we had the wind and now the rain.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Christmas...
Bethany
xxo
Your tree keeps on giving - sharing its core with you. Lovely stitchery I'm thinking.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Japanese term I learned some time ago ... "Kintsukuroi" ...literally meaning 'to repair with gold'. It involves the art of repairing broken pottery with a gold or silver lacquer with the understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken ... your tree trunk reminds of the latter part of this. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt shakes me to the core when a tree goes down ... but, I know you will be inspired with a fibre piece that will give this tree a second life !
ReplyDeleteStrange winter in Canada, eh ? ;)