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The most profound monuments
are always the same
and a tiny bit different.
The following photos were taken at Great Basin National Park in Nevada, at about 11,000 ft on Mt. Wheeler in a magnificent bristlecone pine forest’ August 2010. This growth of trees, some of them 3200 years old, are testaments to what slow growth in harsh environments can do: make a survivor out of us!
What a monument to allowing change to change and mold us these trees are. Notice in the first photo of signage someone (not me—I didn’t do it!) has scratched out of the metal plate ‘grotesque’ in reference to the trees’ beauty. I agree—there is nothing grotesque about their twisted, gnarled beings. Only beauty and grace.
Monument is the word of the day at One Single Impression. Ramesh Sood of A Little More Than Ordinary brings us this week’s prompt.
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What a take on the prompt Beth.. I feel honoured with this awe-inspiring and extremely thought provoking haiku.. indeed its all the same and a tiny bit different.. like all good and great people had similar traits.. marginally different in one or two.. how true..
I adore these bristlecone pines. They remind me of driftwood far removed from sea. Beautiful, beautiful!
i love nature’s monuments to beauty and grace
beauty and grace – exactly right! I often think of trees as monuments too
Note: In May of this year my position at KIDS Center here in Bend, Oregon, was reorganized for budgetary