Saturday, June 16, 2018

Dying in the spring


When spring rolls around, our thoughts turn to new life, to all the signs of new life around us - fresh, green leaves, flowers exploding to color our world.

But this tree shows how, sometimes, spring brings evidence of death.

The tree is located in an upscale neighborhood on the east side of Ocala, not far from where we used to live. We were driving through that neighborhood the other day and I was taken aback by this wonderful tree struggling to survive.

You will note there are some buds trying to break through; it is showing it hasn't given up. But I don't think it will make it through the summer.


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If you are interested, give it a look.  We'll be posting our more "artsy" photos there. 

14 comments:

silvia de angelis said...

A volte la vita diventa faticosa....
Un saluto,silvia

Tom said...

..all good things come to an end!

Vicki said...

Sad!

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Uma árvore imponente.
Um abraço e bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados

Andy said...

It is time to turn over a new leaf.

Maria Rodrigues said...

Sometimes nature can no longer be reborn.
Have a wonderful weekend
Maria
Divagar Sobre Tudo um Pouco

Kate said...

Sometimes a struggle to survive is painful to watch.

Sharon said...

I hate to see a tree struggling like that. When I lived in my old place I had one in my front yard that struggled like that for two years and I finally had to take it down. It made me very sad.

Marleen said...

Yep that happens too. Hope it will get a chance.

William Kendall said...

The proverbial circle of life.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

So sad to see Lowell.. a bit like the trees in Fremantle I showed a few days ago. You have to wonder why it happens to some and not others ✨

RedPat said...

We have head a lot of trees killed in wind storms the last few weeks and it is always sad to see one go.

magiceye said...

Maybe the tree has done its time here.

Re your comment on my post, sad to say we are in a similar situation in India. Unfortunately the right wingers seem to have taken over the world leading to xenophobia and regression.

Kay said...

Poor tree!

"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again." — Henri Cartier-Bresson