Tuesday 22 December 2015

The Strength of Winds


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.

6 comments:

  1. Isn't that a wonderful spiral though!

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  2. Beauty that comes from disaster. Sad, but uplifting at the same time. So sorry about the demise of your tree.

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  3. Oh, 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.
    Have a wonderful Christmas...
    Bethany
    xxo

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  4. Your tree keeps on giving - sharing its core with you. Lovely stitchery I'm thinking.

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  5. There 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. :-)

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  6. It 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 !
    Strange winter in Canada, eh ? ;)

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