Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in. ~ Greek proverb
An oak tree, planted long ago
Old Men Plant Trees
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Category Archives: Trees
Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
Green tops, knitted sweater trunks. From Art in Public Places, Spring 2011.
Texas Capitol framed by trees with sweaters.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual
Tree roots at McKinney Falls State Park.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Regret
Weekly Photo Challenge: Regret
Somethings can't be undone
This We Hope
Our destiny sometimes has the appearance of a fruit tree in winter. Looking at its dreary aspect, who would think that these stiff branches, these jagged twigs, will turn green again and bloom next spring and then bear fruit. Yet this we hope, this we know. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), from Goethe’s World View (translated by Heinz Norden)
This we hope, this we know
It's a long story ... 