January 7: Resilient pines
Jan. 7th, 2011 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neverspentA pretty big tornado came through about a year and a half ago. My parents' house wasn't damaged, thank goodness (many people lost their homes) but several large trees came down. One of them was a tall pine in the front yard, maybe 40 years old. With all the cleanup in the area, it was a few months before there was anyone available to come cut it up and haul it away, but now it's just a stump and some pulled-up roots. I've had plans to plant another tree there.
When I went to visit the spot again this winter, though, I discovered that Nature can take care of herself. Of course. There are already at least three young pines growing out of the mound of the former tree's roots.
When I went to visit the spot again this winter, though, I discovered that Nature can take care of herself. Of course. There are already at least three young pines growing out of the mound of the former tree's roots.
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