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jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)

12. Good question.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed May 31, 2023, 05:37 AM

May 2023

I had a large mature tree in my backyard that engendered and nursed a sapling which, over a few years, replaced it. The sapling grew upward as the parent tree receded and died away. Now there is only a rotting stump alongside a 30' oak. It was/is a profound poetry.

But that was trees. Sheesh!

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