Hi all: I thought I'd share this sign that hangs on one of our neighbors trees down in the valley behind us. If this tree could only tell us all that it's seen over it's 180 year life span. I know trees in other parts of the world have lived, and are still living being hundreds of years old. But I though I would share this one that is almost in our backyard. Wow, if only this tree could talk. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )
Isn't it fun to use your imagination to see what a tree that old might have seen around it that long ago and over the ensuing years? There is a Bur Oak at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney, about 30 minutes from me, that is 250+ years old.
I've often wondered what trees, and other long lived plants, could tell us if only they could communicate with us. Can you imagine chatting to a tree about wars, great philosophers who have sat under them or what animals they saw that are now extinct, poets, lovers and those who have died below their branches? They could keep us entralled for a lifetime with all they had to say.
With so much being transient, it's refreshing to see a tree that has stood for so many years, and is still growing. I was once told by an old Italian gentleman that you plant an olive grove for your grandchildren--he who plants it will never see the fruit. I wonder who planted that burr oak? I dearly love trees! Thank you for sharing that magnificent one with us, Tooty.
I have a Burr Oak in my back yard that I had the age estimated about 15 years ago. The guy that did it estimated that it was about 225 years old. Me, my wife and my grown son, cannot get our arms around the trunk.
That would be something . . . A neat concept for a book of short stories. I love old trees. TY for sharing the pic of it!
Eileen and Marlingardener; Both my hubby and I love trees. Yes, it sure would be neat to talk to them and hear what they have seen over that many years. SongofJoy57; Yes it would be wonderful to write a book about an old tree that tells someone what it has seen in it's lifetime. Great thought. Tony and Capt. Kirk those sound like some magnificent trees. Are they one the national registry of old trees?
Our local PBS station made a video story about a 145+ year old Pecan Tree at one of the entrances of Highland Park (now a suburb on the north side of Dallas) It's a really interesting video. http://www.hptx.org/index.aspx?page=259 http://artandseek.net/2009/12/22/think- ... r-monarch/
I find these sorts of things interesting too, 2T. How nice that that old-timer is so close by you. Do you have a piccie from a distance to show how it's stature looks?
