Arboreal ambition
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Lacy pine fingers
reaching out to touch the sky
somehow, falling short
Australian pines seem to love the sandy soil and subtropical climate of Sanibel Island, but their shallow root system ensures that they are very easily uprooted during a hurricane, causing destruction when they fall on cars, houses and other structures. It’s amazing there are any left on the island, but they soldier on, somehow.
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The sky is beautifully encased by those lacey fingers. I love the catchy Haiku! Thanks so much for playing along!!!
-Tisha
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It is hard to imagine that such delicate tree damaging anything, the slender boughs falling to earth in a thud. The branches set against the cloudy Florida sky is beautiful!
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Hi Tink, I am wondering why they call them Austalian? Someone brought on over and they took hold? It is hard to reach the sky isn’t it? As soon as we get to where we think it is we find it is further up and away still.
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“lacy pine fingers” is such a perfectly descriptive sentence! And that sky…I need to take more sky pictures.
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so pretty!
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Nice! It looks like it just might touch that sky.
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I love your post title
and bless those trees for soldiering on
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those are real tall trees, great photo friday
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Beautiful picture. Looks like the trees are going to keep reaching to touch the sky.
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Hey Jim – here’s some information on the Australian pine. It’s not even technically a pine. But it is a BEAUTIFUL tree.
http://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/australian%20pine.html
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Love this capture and wonderful haiku!
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Beautiful shot and a perfect haiku to go with it.
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very very perfect
Heartfully Wordless
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beautiful!
Thanks for the interesting info on the trees.
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