tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post6526838416893903561..comments2024-03-29T07:11:57.226-04:00Comments on Pleasures from the Page: I picked a fine time to leave . . . Ramonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post-39590176742049643272014-06-05T14:19:38.127-04:002014-06-05T14:19:38.127-04:00Oh No! They are beautiful. I am so glad you took...Oh No! They are beautiful. I am so glad you took pictures. I hope others will be planted...but it is so sad to see a good healthy tree removed. :-(Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407984356664747500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post-47660566623173765212014-06-04T20:23:38.584-04:002014-06-04T20:23:38.584-04:00So sad to find the trees gone. :-( So sad to find the trees gone. :-( elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348895330633879894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post-34040621545189177242014-06-04T11:45:45.029-04:002014-06-04T11:45:45.029-04:00Can't believe those gorgeous trees were cut do...Can't believe those gorgeous trees were cut down! ARGH! Love your idea of putting up posters! Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185908392196878158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post-19980849528687596052014-06-04T09:55:31.943-04:002014-06-04T09:55:31.943-04:00I often had students journal about the trees outsi...I often had students journal about the trees outside our windows, so understand perfectly, Ramona. I've never had ones so beautiful in spring as yours, however. It's such a tragedy to cut them down. Hugs to you!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post-71993331759100202562014-06-04T07:45:41.266-04:002014-06-04T07:45:41.266-04:00You won't be surprised to know that this sad p...You won't be surprised to know that this sad post has made the tears trickle steadily down my cheeks. YOUR trees stood as reminders of so many things! Things that remind us who we are, where we came from, where we are going! The four seasons that are taken for granted "back home" were hinted at by the changes you witnessed in these branches. There was just a peek at the wonder of creation by regarding YOUR beautiful tree. My words fail to convey the emotion that overflows and drips down my face. Joyce Kilmer may have stated it best: Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree. Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424724827126938825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-887210982915389572.post-79987069450604946292014-06-04T07:29:40.565-04:002014-06-04T07:29:40.565-04:00Trees offer such beauty and opportunities for refl...Trees offer such beauty and opportunities for reflection. In this season of time following my mother's death, the trees in the backyard have been a comforting presence. On the day after the funeral, as I was looking out the window, a pair of cardinals perched on the branch of the maple tree in the middle of the yard. My last thoughts leaving the cemetery had been of my mother and father now together in heaven as I glanced down on the grave marker that bears both their names. And the pair of cardinals sealed the thought in my heart and mind. Now they are both free of pain and suffering, together in the presence of God. A comfort made more impressionable, more lasting, because a tree is there and the cardinals in their beauty and freedom perched there momentarily. <br /><br />I am glad you will be keeper of the memories of those trees and phantom poster!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com