Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Old Oak Tree



Walking down Knox Avenue in Fairhaven the other day, we saw this sign. It touched my heart-- in a world that generally can't tear down old things and put up new stuff fast enough, here was a sweet family who cherished their old oak tree, and recognized that their neighbors did, too. Goodbye, old oak tree! You will be missed, but I suspect not many oak trees are as loved as you are.

6 comments:

  1. What fond memories they must have of the tree. I'm sure there will be tears.

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  2. What a wonderful way to remember this beautiful oak tree. We have several in our front yard ... they really do become part of the family.

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  3. People really do feel connected to old landscape trees. My wife and I argued for almost ten years about removing an old maple tree before it fell in a storm. (Fortunately, we got it out before the inevitable fall.)

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  4. Aww that is too bad. Bet it was beautiful in the Spring.

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  5. The death of a tree brings such sadness.

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