tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post3246164017109754761..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: the tree worldstevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-24723886860648199622011-06-11T15:20:45.207-04:002011-06-11T15:20:45.207-04:00I have a love affair with trees as well. They whi...I have a love affair with trees as well. They whisper their secrets to me as I pass by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-21701020899682225312011-06-10T02:11:51.593-04:002011-06-10T02:11:51.593-04:00The amount we can learn about ourselves by looking...The amount we can learn about ourselves by looking at or being in someone else's world has always astonished me. There is something magical in your pictures of the woods. As I look at them one afterthe other, I feel like I am walking into them.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-62578205328305346232011-06-09T20:13:22.089-04:002011-06-09T20:13:22.089-04:00Ah, but it is an avenue. And a most beautiful one,...Ah, but it is an avenue. And a most beautiful one, at that.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-63100594983979633792011-06-09T18:11:56.370-04:002011-06-09T18:11:56.370-04:00reya - it's the avenue! a few times my class a...reya - it's the avenue! a few times my class and i have spent the day in a woods and built shelters out of windfalls. it's the most amazing and wriggly experience. to build a fire from scratch inside the shelter takes you back very very far. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-20160323144234968742011-06-09T18:10:00.921-04:002011-06-09T18:10:00.921-04:00hope it's very interesting that you mention da...hope it's very interesting that you mention daisies because besides trees, i also love sunflowers. i guess really at the end of the day i really like anything that grows. thanks for coming along for the walk. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-35518057371031546342011-06-09T18:08:37.555-04:002011-06-09T18:08:37.555-04:00valerianna - it's like a leafy chipmunky champ...valerianna - it's like a leafy chipmunky champ's d'elysee. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-12378557888615200962011-06-09T14:28:15.105-04:002011-06-09T14:28:15.105-04:00I don't comfortably dwell on the forest floor,...I don't comfortably dwell on the forest floor, but if I had to be somewhere in the trees, I would choose your avenue.<br /><br />Why not call it an avenue? Seems right to me.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-69862517992831409962011-06-09T12:23:43.665-04:002011-06-09T12:23:43.665-04:00Ah trees! My most favorite part of nature, after ...Ah trees! My most favorite part of nature, after daisies. :)<br /><br />Hubby asked me the other day who I was talking to when I said, "Morning, Old Gal!"<br /><br />Why, the huge, ancient pecan tree out front, who else? After all, I tell people we bought the tree and the house came with it. ;)<br /><br />What a cool walk you just allowed me to have! Thanks.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-34526998953632397252011-06-09T09:50:17.656-04:002011-06-09T09:50:17.656-04:00Yes, it certainly is "the avenue!"Yes, it certainly is "the avenue!"Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-44215715799851311862011-06-09T07:31:54.713-04:002011-06-09T07:31:54.713-04:00kathleen thankyou, i'm glad you could come alo...kathleen thankyou, i'm glad you could come along. tall grass meadows are uncommon in this area although they used to be all there was besides the great forests. a serious effort to reintroduce them is being made and it appears to be working. perhaps then i'll be able to experience what you so joyously recall. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-7688668184795306172011-06-09T07:29:20.179-04:002011-06-09T07:29:20.179-04:00ruth - i have been on woodland walkways such as yo...ruth - i have been on woodland walkways such as you describe. there's something very magical about them for sure. i also like to get down on my hands and knees, or sit on a rock, or a tree stump and forget what it was i was looking for, or hoping to see, and let whatever's there come and find me. sometimes it's tree stories, sometimes it's a little animal, and more often it's something small that i would've walked right past in my wish to take it all in. it's those little places like the hollow of a log that i find my greatest pleasure. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-75920896639924315372011-06-09T07:20:25.682-04:002011-06-09T07:20:25.682-04:00Hmmmmm....loved this walk in the woods this mornin...Hmmmmm....loved this walk in the woods this morning. I have the same feeling when I walk through tall grasses. Have had it ever since I was a little girl. It always felt as is the grasses were bending toward me, no matter what direction I walked or the the wind blew. And I could hear these words: "I love you. Welcome." I've come to experience the woods in much the same way since moving to Minnesota. Such amazing connectedness! Thank you, Steven!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372015226222285350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-6809032853638335552011-06-09T07:00:44.538-04:002011-06-09T07:00:44.538-04:00I agree with you and Weaver that images of woods/f...I agree with you and Weaver that images of woods/forests, and the woods themselves with a pathway in draw me into their mystery. I like thinking of it as an invitation, and a deference to the trees. Funny how manmade structures can enhance natural scenes when they are done right. We have beautiful parks on the west side of Michigan, woodland walkways built out of wood that lead miles and miles through forest on the way to the beach. Walking among hemlocks and woodland flowers is such a pleasure!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-38311664113175492072011-06-09T06:57:05.561-04:002011-06-09T06:57:05.561-04:00weaver i agree!! stevenweaver i agree!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-67527518878307000322011-06-09T06:45:09.272-04:002011-06-09T06:45:09.272-04:00I always think the best sort of pictures of woods ...I always think the best sort of pictures of woods steven are those that lead you into the picture and make you want to walk in there.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-39006311468234199822011-06-09T06:29:22.728-04:002011-06-09T06:29:22.728-04:00ellen i wonder if it helps you express your sensit...ellen i wonder if it helps you express your sensitivity to the natural world more easily not to have the big trees right there? stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-33172001242310209542011-06-09T04:48:29.025-04:002011-06-09T04:48:29.025-04:00I love the woods. At times I am so surprised that...I love the woods. At times I am so surprised that I chose a place in the country without them.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com