the truth about trees | 8.12.12

When you think of Texas, the majority of what comes to mind in the way of landscape is scrub brush and puny little Charlie Brown-esque twigs.  And rightly so.  It was a pleasant surprise to find that East Texas lives up to it's nickname of the "Piney Woods."

As little girls, Kay Lynn and I spent a lot of time in trees.  We didn't lack in the area of toys, but there was always something about a good climbing tree that couldn't be beat.  In my granddad's front yard in central Alabama stands a magnolia tree.  To passersby, it is simply that - a tree.  But the truth is, when you climb up into the branches, they can transform into the polished decks of a fine sailing ship, or the marble floors of a grand castle.  We've spent lifetimes on other worlds in the tops of trees.  

While we're not little kids anymore, we still can't pass up a good climbing tree.  :)

"Among the topmost branches of a tree,

most often lies the door to a secret world."

                   - Anonymous

The "behind the scenes" info on these shots... about a week after our time with the tree, Kay & I went to the Emergency Plus Clinic.  I had a big time sinus infection.  Kay?  Poison sumac... everywhere.  I could roll through a patch of poison anything and not come up with an itch.  Kay Lynn on the other hand, breaks out when she even looks at the stuff.  The pictures of the aftermath will not be shown.

So... the truth about trees, is that you never know what is in them.  ;)

Jill (a.k.a. Tree Climber Extraordinaire)

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