RE: Stoic Oak
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I did have a favorite tree growing up. It had a long, thick branch that bent down very low toward the ground so that anybody could easily climb up onto it. Me and a few other kids in the neighborhood used to stand on the lower branch and bounce up and down while holding onto a higher branch. We did this every day for years.
Sometimes we would practice walking up the slope of this branch into the center of the tree itself. It was so much fun.
When I returned to this town last summer with my kids, I had hoped to show them this tree but, unfortunately, at some point, it had been cut down.
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That's sad to hear. My cousins and I had a massive juniper that we used to play on every summer at my grandmother's house. I went back there a few years ago and it was completely gone. I didn't even recognize the house! I suppose all good things must end, at least they live on in our memories.
It is sad, isn’t it. You expect the houses to change, but losing the trees is somehow more disappointing. Wouldn’t it be great to back and see the tree bigger than you remember standing over or behind a new house, completely appreciated and incorporated into the design of the new property layout?