Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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These are a Few of My Favorite Trees
I love trees – all kinds of trees – so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites with you. I’ll start with one closest to home – in the park at the end of my street. I don’t know what kind of tree it is and admittedly it’s quite ordinary by day. But I love to visit this tree at sunset when it seems to come alive.
Next up and still close to home are the Douglas Firs and Western Hemlocks, both abundant in Washington State, in our backyards and in our forests. This is the view you get looking up in many a campground and on many a trail.
The two giants below are at the ‘Grove of the Patriarchs’ in Mt. Rainier National Park. They’re hard to tell apart but I believe that’s a Western Hemlock on the left and a Douglas Fir on the right, judging by the bark.
For a look at the world’s tallest trees let’s head south to the Redwoods of California. We found these at the Big Tree Loop at Prairie Creek in Redwoods National Park.
And here we are in front of ‘Big Tree,’ for scale.
Speaking of scale, the little blurry man below is my husband – standing next to a Giant Sequoia tree. You can find them on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains like we did sometime in the last century. I need to go back if only to get better pictures of the largest trees on earth.
Well, it’s hard to top that one for size but for pure happy, you can’t beat the Rainbow Eucalyptus trees on Maui.
Cheery little fellow isn’t he? 🙂
~That’s all for now.
~ Susanne
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Like you, I love trees. And you really have some outstanding examples over there, Susanne. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks Pete. There were so many it was hard to pick just a few! 😊
Didn’t Julie Andrews sing that whirling on a hill top?
Theses are a few of my favorite … 🎼
Yes indeed! The trees are alive with the sound of music! 😊
I love you title! I immediately heard the tune in my head when I read it! Such pretty trees! In the 70s I had a poster of trees that you were supposed to put on the ceiling to make it look like you were looking up at trees all around you, kind of like one of yours does. But I think the last one is my favorite, because it’s so whimsical! 🌲🌲
I mean “your” title! Couldn’t figure out how to go back and edit after submitting! 😋
No problem! That happens to me too! I wish they allowed you to edit your own comment but it seems they don’t unless it’s on your own site! 😉
Thank you for your comment! 🙂 I like my husband next to the Giant Sequoia, as it looks like it can’t possibly be real but it is! I love the Eucalyptus too! 🙂
It is amazing how big the Giant Sequoias are. And I love the smell of Eucalyptus in the rain!
Thank you for that beautiful and powerful share!☀️ Gratitude and Love for all the trees on our beautiful Earth!🌳💖🌏🌿🍃🙏
Happy to share! Thank you so much for your lovely comment! 🙂
My greatest pleasure! ☀️💖☀️
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