Well, it finally happened: talk about losing face.
Our face fell off the maple tree in our yard the other day: one more task we'll have to get to on a weekend here soon. The sage old man who's overseen our gardening efforts (and I suppose, our birds,) for about ten years now, is showing signs of age. You can hang these eyes, nose and mouth on a tree, and they'll stay there for years, ever diligent in guarding us. Eventually, though, trees do grow and expand, pushing the features out to the surface, and one by one, they have come off. Time to start anew. In the meantime, I'll miss him!
"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty--they merely move it from their faces into their hearts." (-Martin Buxbaum)
9 comments:
Aww poor tree face. You must find him a new one. In the mean time we can call it the faceless wonder. :) Well we woke up to LOTS of sticking snow and its still coming down. I wasnt expecting this much. Much more then before. Altho I bet its gone by tomorrow. Its our turn now. ;P
Wow! Amazing, Cris--and we are supposed to get into the high 60's and maybe 70 today! Go figure. What a strange winter, oui??
I love tree man! So fun!
It's actually rained here the last couple of days and now the sun is shining ... Blue sky... Have to savor it because apparently the rain is coming back. Weird "winter!" (just thought I'd join in on the weather conversation!)
What a lovely idea! Do you make the features out of wood?
What an original idea! I hope the tree gets his face back. :)
Xoxo ♥
Rocio R.
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Sandra and Rocio, you know--we were given that set of features in a package one year for ?I think Christmas? and we laughed out loud--so to answer your question, we did not make them, but we have enjoyed it for about 10 years!
We put them on the tree so that people on the walking trail behind our home could enjoy him as they go by.
I think they got the features at a garden center near us. I'm going to try to put them up again, though--we still have them all.
OUCH!
I say let the TREE BE!
If there was meant to be a face...ahem
Can we take a vote?
Can we cheat?
on the other hand yr little floral bouquets sends me into a tizzy..so perfect Sue
Carol, I was waiting for someone to say that. I should've known to count on you for stirring things up!!
Poor old Maple. Did you save his bits of face?
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