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| Photo taken at library centennial shows slight lean that had gotten worse |
The tulip poplar in front of the Eureka Springs Library was cut this morning and the logs hauled to public works where I'm arranging to have them milled and the lumber distributed to artists.Trees and human beings are both engaged in narrative processes. We humans are constantly telling our tales. With trees, where there is a knot, there had been a branch, and each year of a tree's life is dutifully recorded to be read by those human beings who might be interested in knowing something about the world in which their own stories take place.
This great tree will be missed, but all are consoled by the great notion that works of useful beauty will emerge from its loss.
Make, fix and create...
Some beautiful things will be made from that tree. So what will be planted in its place?
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I have no idea what will be planted. How about a redwood this time? I have a friend who planted a redwood in his back yard and then watched it grow for a few years until he and all the neighbors became frightened of its height. Having watched how much work goes into cutting a relatively short tree, perhaps the library board will want a dogwood.
ReplyDeleteThe city here is replacing lost elms with lindens, which are good city trees. Their worst habit is oozing on cars in spring.
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