I frequently tramped eight or ten miles ... to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.
Henry David Thoreau
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| Shady path at Oak Canyon |
I have to admit I have a thing for trees!
I'm drawn to them and feel serene among them. I enjoy looking at the shape of the branches and notice the color of the bark and how the leaves move in the wind. Follow along with me and I'll show you what I saw there in the canyon~
Trees are your best antiques.
Alexander Smith
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| bridge leading to the stream and walking paths |
There is always music amongst the trees in the Garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
Minnie Aumonier
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| Gold mining display for elementary school children learning California history |
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt,
finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
William Shakespeare
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My Girl Scout Troop had their
Brownie bridging here. See the ducks in the water? I'd love to have a picnic tea near this stream so we could hear the water gurgle and laugh.
 It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson  Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. John Muir |
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| A cache of acorns |
Happy summertime!
“I couldn't live where there were no trees--something
vital in me would starve.”
L.M. Montgomery
Anne's House Of Dreams
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