I love this fig tree in one of the local parks.
It has inspired this week’s quote.
Hope you all have a stress-free happy week…
“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”
Hal Borland
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BIG FIG
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I love it Selma. Thanks for the inspiration, and I know I can always get my bird and tree image fix here…
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You know me well, Slamdunk. Trees and birds all the way. Haha.
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Omg this is that tree isn’t it?!?! I LOVE this tree. It’s magnificent and it’s a fig tree? How cool is that? Love it Selma!
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The tree you mean is in another park, Cathy, and is also a Moreton Bay Fig tree. They are gorgeous trees. The leaves look like leather. This one a gorgeous tree. I love it!!!
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Oh wow! Gorgeous tree and fabulous quote, Selma!
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Thanks, Meleah. I like it too!
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Quite like that quote…good advise indeed.
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Lots of wise people out there saying lots of wise things, slpmartin. Wish I was one of them 😉
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A lovely old thing, that tree – strong, resilient, enduring of wild weather and blazing sun – a good quote for the week, Selma. 😀
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Some of those figs are quite old, Bluebee. I don’t know if you know the big fig in St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Camperdown (Church St.) but that dates from 1848. Just incredible!!!
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Magic Faraway tree 🙂 Terrific quote and a beautiful tree (I would give it a hug – suppose that makes me a treehugger) – gardening is like that – you have to have the patience and wait for the fruit and the flowers and the bigger plants, but well worth the wait. The light in the tree is amazing Selma – you got it right at the right moment.
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Can you believe that light, Gabe? I was so excited when I saw it. I’m a treehuger too in the hugging sense. I get such solace from trees. Beautiful things!!!
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beautiful – i imagine trees observe an approaching tree-lover with green and wooden welcome the way only trees can do. they see/feel/touch in their tree ways, steadfast and beautiful and sort of a larger tougher version of or our veins, so spreading like branches. lovely to appreciate trees.
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I love what you have just said so much Tipota – a larger, tougher version of our veins. OMG. I love that so much. You have SUCH a way with words 😀 😀 ♥♡
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I really needed that quote and photo, Selma. It’s been difficult to wait and be patient these days. I do love trees and I am a staunch believer in hugging a tree when the mood strikes. Thankfully, my neighbors know I’m slightly different, so adding that habit to my repertoire doesn’t phase them a bit. 🙂
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Waiting is hard, Karen. It can really test us. You hug those trees as much as you want. There’s nothing wrong with it. Ha ha. So glad the quote could help a bit!
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That is some tree! Massive! Must be really cool under it.
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It is really cool under it, Roshan. Glorious on a hot summer’s day!
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Gorgeous tree and quote.
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I do love that tree and quote, Squirrel. Thanks for liking them too!!
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