The Roots
…it’s too bad the plant is easier to see than the roots.”
― Cameron Conaway
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While walking in a local park, this little creature decided to engage me in a game of hide and seek around the trunk of the tree pictured. It quickly became evident that the squirrel was skilled at this game, circling the tree, allowing only blurred shots of a noise or bushy tail by accurately anticipating…
Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy After landing at Milan we rented a car and drove about three hours to the Hotel Tritone located in Mestre, a 30 minute bus ride outside of Venice. There’s many hotels in Venice proper but staying at one means you have to haul you luggage via water taxi or water bus…not something we wanted to do. We purchased a pass which gave us free access to the both the regular buses lines and the Venice water buses for a 24 hour period so we could hop on and off at our discretion.
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A few additional details I collected from my visit to the Strategic Air and Aerospace Museum, Gretna, Nebraska.
Wow, what a wonderful thought!
I’m sure we’d be amazed if the roots were as easily seen, Monte. :-)
Looks to me like those trees were all about to go in for a swim when you happened by and they had to freeze in place so as to not give the game away that they are the most advanced beings on the planet.
It’s true though, if we could get to the root of things more readily we would not be so quick to judge I suspect :)
Well, you know now that you mentioned it as I turned away from these trees I thought I did see some movement out the corner of my eye. 😲
I seem to remember seeing an artist that did a series on showing roots of trees at one time, but can’t remember who or when I saw it.
Love this quote, and perfect image to go with it.
Mark, I’ve seen numerous individual shots of tree roots here and there but I don’t know that I’ve seen a series focused on them. I think it would be fascinating if done well. Thanks!