Poor tree.
And this one.
Still, my favourite tree, the Taxodium Distichum (or to put it tactlessly, the bald cypress - it's deciduous, as you can see) seems to have survived with only some twigs blown off. It's so beautiful in leaf, covered in lots of tiny lime green needles in the summer, which turn reddish in the autumn. And when it rains (what? in Scotland?) it seems to be covered in diamonds.
So there are good things too, to distract us from the unbelievable events in the US and elsewhere. Good things such as snowdrops.
And sunshine, and lovely branches against the sky.
Thank goodness for the beauties of nature. They put other things in perspective.
ReplyDeleteThose snowdrops are gorgeous! I'm glad that no one was in the Botanics when those trees fell. That would have been dire. Things are terrible here. Very frightening.
ReplyDeleteNature is my solace from the horrifying political scene here. I can only take it small doses. The trees are great beauties, and it's so sad when they get damaged so severely.
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