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I love the bleeding heart plant – it is beautiful and poignant at the same time. The tree looks to be encircled by a snake, but that’s no snake, is it?
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost
I love that bleeding heart — I had two in my garden, back in Scotland. I doubt they’d survive here… That twisted tree trunk is lovely. Here, we’ve got olive trees everywhere and their trunks really are something: all gnarled and holey and full of texture.
poetikat said,
May 6, 2009 @ 7:13 pm
I love the bleeding heart plant – it is beautiful and poignant at the same time. The tree looks to be encircled by a snake, but that’s no snake, is it?
Kat
Lana said,
May 6, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
Lovely images. We have lots of such “twisty” trees around here. They were wound with vines when they were younger.
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fromskilledhands said,
May 6, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
The bleeding heart was tiny when I first got it. Each year it surprises me. A vine climbed that tree many years ago. I rediscovered it this year.
rudeek said,
May 6, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
That tree is stunning. I love the bleeding heart too, but that tree looks amazing. Such a symbiotic relationship it had with that vine.
Mary Ann said,
May 7, 2009 @ 7:05 am
I’d forgotten how much I like the bleeding heart blossom. Must add it to my garden!
Eryl said,
May 7, 2009 @ 9:03 am
Such romance!
Hay said,
May 8, 2009 @ 12:43 am
I love those bleeding hearts, they amaze me.
sandy feet said,
May 8, 2009 @ 9:50 am
Bleeding hearts are a favorite of mine. I had some out front, but they got trampled. Now I might try them again after seeing your photo. Cool tree.
OldOldLady Of The Hills said,
May 8, 2009 @ 5:36 pm
Wonderful pictures of a Beautiful patrt of Nature! You live in such a lovely part of the country.
Hattie said,
May 9, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
—Robert Frost
MaryWitzl said,
May 10, 2009 @ 3:31 am
I love that bleeding heart — I had two in my garden, back in Scotland. I doubt they’d survive here… That twisted tree trunk is lovely. Here, we’ve got olive trees everywhere and their trunks really are something: all gnarled and holey and full of texture.