Live thy Life,
Young and old, Like yon oak, Bright in spring, Living gold; |
Summer-rich
Then; and then Autumn-changed Soberer-hued Gold again. |
All his leaves
Fall'n at length, Look, he stands, Trunk and bough Naked strength. |
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This photo on the left was borrowed from THAT TREE, the website of Mark Hirsch of Dubuque, Iowa who was recently featured on the Guardian website for his year-long cell phone photo diary of a solitary burr oak about a mile from his home. It's good to know there are other "oakultists" out there who have been smitten with Quercus. On the right is the first photo by strawdog of the Lucy Doyle Quercus robur in Highland Creek valley, taken on the 14th January, 2011, over 3 years ago. There are literally thousands of photos of this tree.
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quercus rubra, the major oak at the top of the page
and the area around it are now much changed see here or click on the image on the right to download a short pdf file about planned (and since completed changes) check out this page again later for dogrel in the making about the changes |