Picture Perfect ~ Roots

I want to thank our hostess Heather (A Slow Read) for starting and continuing to bring so many people and friends together to share and enjoy in this Picture Perfect fun!

Each week Heather will post a theme in her blast, (On Wednesday or so) And Each Friday you get to post your photo's on your own sites with that theme in mind.

The rules:

Every Friday there will be a common theme ("A Slow Read"

posts the theme each week in her blast). Post one

photo only in your blog that is related to the theme.

Of course, it doesn't have to be a direct representation

of the theme, but should in some way be your interpretation

of it. When you are on other pages that have an entry

in Picture Perfect, leave your comment and they can

follow your picture to your entry.

Because they are primeval, because they outlive us,

because they are fixed, trees seem to emanate a sense of permanence.

And though rooted in earth, they seem to touch the sky.
For these reasons it is natural to feel we might learn wisdom from them,

to haunt about them with the idea

that if we could only read their silent riddle rightly

we should learn some secret vital to our own lives;

or even, more specifically, some secret vital to our real,

our lasting and spiritual existence.

- Kim Taplin, Tongues in Trees, 1989, p. 14.

Some of you know I am in Florida visiting my Mom and Sis and

so was a little concerned that I would miss Picture Perfect and

all the fun this week. But the minute Heather posted "Roots" ~ My

sister and I both thought of a couple of trees down at the port

where the family likes to go for breakfast to watch the ships (Cruise

and Fishing) go out in the morning. So the family went down for

breakfast this morning and after breakfast went out to the gazbo and

my bother in law made the above picture with his cannon E20 for me.

Though a tree grows so high,

the falling leaves return to the root.

Malay proverb

Stand Tall and Proud
Sink your roots deeply into the Earth
Reflect the light of a greater source
Think long term
Go out on a limb
Remember your place among all living beings
Embrace with joy the changing seasons
For each yields its own abundance
The Energy and Birth of Spring
The Growth and Contentment of Summer
The Wisdom to let go of leaves in the Fall
The Rest and Quiet Renewal of Winter

- Ilan Shamir, Advice From a Tree

"Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness. \u201d

~unknown

May your life be filled with both

and may your happiness fill this weekend!