Sun of a Beech!
Years ago, an Armenian friend of mine shared an anecdote wherein she took her family to a movie after they had recently arrived in the United States. While my friend was already quite skilled with the English language and American pop culture, the same was not yet true of the elders in her family.
At some point in the movie, the SOB phrase was uttered, and her father (or was it grandfather?) cried out, “Oh, such beautiful expressions in this language! Ahh, the sun of a beach!”
For some reason, this is one of those stories that I can never get out of my head, and it STILL makes me giggle! I just had to give it another good turn. But alas, I digress…
During my recent explorations of the northeastern corner at the farm, one of the first trees my landlady identified was this enormous beech tree! As you can see, she’s a real beauty, and still only just opening her leaves.
I caught some of these images in the rising sun a few days ago, so you could see some of the details in her big, wonderful trunk! In coming weeks, I’ll be sure to revisit her so you can see what the leaves look like once they open. With a huge, gorgeous tree like this, you can be certain that there is more to learn.
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Howdy Sylvia! I know just what you mean about planning to visit places for their local flora. My goal is to take Arboreality along wherever I go, so that eventually when I have the opportunity to live or travel somewhere else, I can bring other trees online too!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point. However, as I understand it, there may be orchids living down there (this could be a myth), in which case I might have to bend Arboreality to fit the available materials! :)
ReplyDeleteThe tiniest trees actually grow in the tundras. You can find them near what's called "the tree line" on mountainsides, above which no trees grow. Among these tiny trees you can find species like dwarf willow, which grow to be just a few centimeters tall at most! Of course, then we enter the debate of just what defines a tree - but that, I suppose, is for another post. :)
I love beech trees - when I was living in Vermont, we had a bunch of beech we burned in the woodstove and it was a good heatin' wood, too...
ReplyDeleteBeekman, that's good to know! We like to have a hot crackling fire in the winter (so cozy), and this year we hope to help out around the farm by clearing some of the old fallen trees on the property.
ReplyDeleteThe second to last photo reminds me of Burdock root, though i have never seen it.
ReplyDeleteDucklover - isn't it funny how the name of something can conjure up images in our minds? The trunk of this beech tree is quite amazing!
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