Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Crazy Crooked Trees

The way trees grow in order to survive has inspired me for a long time - reaching for the light, overcoming disease, growing back after being repeatedly chopped down, & being home to tons of bugs and critters! These pictures were taken by me a few years ago in Marshall NC (my favorite place on earth) - this group of pics below are of the most crookedest trees eva' ! These guys have alot of swirl action, making their crooked-ness really graceful and beautiful.

Growing sideways...and up again!
And then backwards...
This very last pic below is the winner of the best crooked tree I eva' saw... growing completely sideways then making a perfect 90 degree angle (or some geometrical number) turning to reach straight up for the sun!

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    Thanks for sharing your old trees and crooked memories. It looks beautiful out there.

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  2. Ruth AJanuary 15, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Leslie, I love your tree photos...they look like they are dancing, swaying to some invisable music! Would enjoy seeing more of what you've photographed.

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  3. Miss VoodooJanuary 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    Thanks Nick!! it was beautiful out there, and smelled really good too. :)

    Hey Ruth- i love your description about the music...
    here's what they are dancing to:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujWSIFoe94
    he he ;)

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  4. Ruth AJanuary 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM

    Loved the dancing Hippos! I liked the Disney movies when I was a kid....still do! Can't outgrow those I guess! BTW I made two montages with the onetruemedia.com...it was so much fun!!!!!

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  5. ColleenJanuary 16, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Love trees like that. That's one of my favorite things about LA actually, all the twisted old live oaks.

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  6. Miss VoodooJanuary 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    Oh Colleen - i totally miss the beautiful giganticc trees in Louisiana!!! I loved driving over the swamp bridges between Baton Rouge & New Orleans and watching the trees growing up out of the water like taffy - topped with egrets or pelicans. So beautiful, thanks for reminding me!
    The cool thing about NC is we have the trees of the north and the trees of the south!

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  7. Mokihana CalizarJanuary 20, 2009 at 8:22 PM

    You see a beautiful life, Leslie. Crooked trees are crazy for life. What fun.

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