Field -notes " No matter how hard I tried to pull them
out of the tree, they wouldn't budge." 10/24
Taken by Marlyn Arce
The tree seemed to take the wire and sprinkler in,as her adopted children. My mystery tree decided to care for them, to show them a place called home. She didn't spit them out because they were in her way of growing. They've been there for quite some time now, they belong. They match and look as if they were a finished puzzle with all pieces in there places. I never understood how trees can grow over things. They can even grow over a bike! According to "How a Tree Grows?" trees have these cells called apical meristems which are located in specific areas like in the branch tips and are responsible for the tree's height. The trunk however contains vascular cambium cells which makes its diameter increase ( How a Tree Grows?"). Explaining that the reason trees grow over things is due to the vascular cambium cells making the tree wider, taking in the objects. As I was saying before the tree didn't spit out what life threw at it. On the contrary it took it in helping it in anyway possible,
taking the wire, sting, bike or problems in a positive way growing over it. When life throws something at you don't stop growing, don't stop making progress but continue to succeed because the there's always room for more.
Works Cited
" How a Tree Grows?" Forsite: Forestry Outreach Site. Virginia Tech, n.d. Web. Oct 26 2014.
Dolak, Kevin. "Bicycle Swallowed by Tree in Washington State." ABC News. ABC News Internet Ventures, 2013. Web. 16 Oct 2014.
I really like how in the beginning, you included how you wish you were a little kid again and I think that's something every person can think about once they pass that time in their life. :)
ReplyDeleteYour writing is good.
I really like how you lead everything to the end and it all tied in together to make sense. I also really like the information you added to it, it made me learn a few things, and am now fascinated with trees. This makes me want to study them a little more.
ReplyDeleteI love the lesson from the tree. And I love that you climbed your tree. I think as we age, we too often lose our sense of wonder. You seem to be recapturing that.
ReplyDeleteI love how you talk about your tree as if she really was a human. Your blog helps understand that other living things, such as your tree, really aren't that different from us; she took in the misfits of your backyard and gave them a home, just like most mothers would do for other helpless children. Awesome blog.
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