Sunday, April 17, 2016

Hints of Gladness: Ancient White Oak




When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks, and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.

I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world 
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”

The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,”
they say, “and you, too, have come
into the world to do this, to go easy,
to be filled with light, and to shine.” - Mary Oliver

On the way back from Monticello, we had a meeting with an "Ent".  In today's world of so many screens and so much busy, I find the I have to work harder at refueling the wonder-meter.   This White Oak was majestic and when I told my son that it took root more than 200 years before Jefferson was even born, well I think we were utterly enchanted. 







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Friday, April 01, 2016

Spring Break : Road Trippin' 2016


Wherein we drove to Florida to visit our beloved uncle. We stopped in Savannah on the way down to see Live Oaks Ave and enjoy a vegetarian reuben at Green Truck.  We arrived in Florida to huge, amber full moon.  In St. Augustine we visited the Castillo de San Marcos, met some gators, found a live sand dollar and released it back into the ocean. Found an alligator tooth on the beach and had a baptism by a dolphin named Tomo. On the way back we stopped in Charleston to have Easter Brunch at Hominy Grill...fried green tomatoes and grits...we visited a 500+ year old live Oak called Angel Oak, and drove over the Ravenel in the rain.

 

Stopped to fuel up and Nowhere Man had a run in with a bear...



Oh Savannah, you are so magical...











    Morning cuppa 'fore hittin' the road...



Thursday night moon...



Breakfast at City Coffee...




















The day we saw the gators and...





a tree full of Egrets...





A funky hotel sign near a magic beach...


Next stop Charleston..






A snooze in Myrtle Beach granted us a rain free scenic route homeward...





As we approached home, the clouds were so low you could practically touch them.



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