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Nature's Inspiration Movie

http://www.flickspire.com/m/HealthierL433/NaturesInspiration -- Nature's Inspiration Movie: The photographs in this short video are from award-winning photographer, Ken Jenkins, and they are breathtaking. However, this video is much more than beautiful photographs! Peggy Anderson has compiled beautiful quotations from the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, and many others that truly capture the beauty of nature and solitude. Absolute must watch for nature lovers.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Just Imagine Them in Your Garden

To have them in personal garden, the gardener needs to have at least some couple of acres of lands. But, they will be such magical features to visit and sit under its canopy, read and imagine. Children will enjoy them most, and perhaps will develop a strong sense of imagination as it is everything in words of Albert Einstein, "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge."

This first picture and the information is obtained from SAVE TREES SAVE EARTH, a facebook page about which more information can be obtained HERE; or click on this link, https://www.facebook.com/savetreestosaveearth

This mind-blowing tree is located in Washington’s Olympic National Forest about five miles north of Kaloloch lodge just off highway 101.
Don’t let the understated "Big Cedar Tree" moniker lead you to bypass this treasure. There are lots of "big" redcedars in the park, but this one has enough gnarly character to be the oldest Ent (Treebeard) in Lord of the Rings the Two Towers. The tree is also called the Kalaloch Cedar. Latitude/Longitude 48° 05.83' N 123° 24.36' W. It is among the most widespread trees in the Pacific Northwest, and is associated with Douglas-fir and western hemlock in most places where it grows. In addition to growing in lush forests, western redcedar is also a riparian tree, and grows in many forested swamps and streambanks in its range. The tree is shade-tolerant, and able to reproduce under dense shade. Western redcedar is also known (mainly in the American horticultural trade) as Giant Arborvitae. The name western redcedar is also sometimes split into three words as 'Western Red Cedar', though this can cause confusion, as it is not a cedar.


By the way, the girl in the above picture is not me. The second picture comes from Knowledge of Today. There website is located HERE; or click on the link http://www.knowledgeoftoday.org/
The Dragon Blood Tree, is a Dragon Tree native to the Socotra archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is so called due to the red sap that the trees produce.
I am sharing all these information about trees because I am fascinated with trees. So, I hope to visit and see each of these unique trees in my lifetime. Do you know about other unique trees? Please let me know. 

13 comments:

  1. Hi KL, these two ancient trees are certainly fascinating! Seeing mature trees just makes me feel good. There is something very soothing and humbling that I sense in their presence. Here in California we have some giant Redwood Trees, which are quite majestic and beautiful.
    Christina

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    1. Christina, I have been to Muir National Park, Sequioa National Park. Those giant Sequioa and Redwood trees -- we humans are yet to discover/invent words to describe them. All I can say that they creates goosebump on my bodies; the hair on the neck stand up and the whole body gets filled up with tingling sensation. I just wish I could speak tree-language; we were going to gain so much wisdom and knowledge from them. It's just mind-boggling to think that those trees were young and little trees when Jesus Christ or Buddha roamed the world!!!!

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  2. I love these photos! Big old trees are wonderful, we should always remind ourselves to fully appreciate them.

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    1. Jason, thank you :-). These are not my photos though; I got them from those sites. Whenever I look at trees, I feel like they are the wisest creatures with full of wisdom.

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  3. So much character and beauty in those old trees, lovely!

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    1. Mark&Gaz: I completely agree with you :-)

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  4. With age - comes beauty and these are beauties!

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  5. Fabulous specimens! I do hope you can visit these trees one day - and show photos on your blog! I agree with you about these fueling our imaginations! Oh, the things these trees have seen!

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    1. Hi HolleyGarden, thank you:-). I agree - these trees have seen much; only if they could talk or write.

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  6. A post after my own heart...as you know I too am a tree lover. Love the shape of that Blood Dragon Tree.

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    1. Hi Bridget, thank you :-). I know, I know. I hope all those magical trees of Ireland like Rowan will be saved and not cut down to satisfy human hunger.

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  7. Nothing as unique as these trees...I love my native trees and one id the fringe Tree...I love it fringe like flowers. I hope I can get one to grow and flower in my garden.

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