MONTHLY MUSE CHALLENGE - FEB 2020 | WEEK 1

Love that “we” are back, and that you’ve given us such a wonderful challenge. I know exactly what I’m going to do. This is incentive enough to shorten my morning coffee-in-bed. Hmmmm. Well maybe not.

 

I love trees!! So many, many photos and memories... hmm, which story to pick.

 

Fab Challenge!

 

what a great way to spend a monday morning
long ago, we moved from overseas on base very protected place to the wild and crazy California. I was 13, it was overwhelming to my mind, heart and ever changing teen body. I would spend hours laying on a pool float in our backyard, staring into the weeping willow tree of our neighbors.
43 years later, the tree and pool are both gone, but the peace I got staring up into a tree is still something I fall back on, when life is overwhelming!

 

Wonderful theme for this month. Thank you!

Credits and journaling: https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/02_wk-1_redwood.423753/

 

I don't have a "memory" with a tree. I took this in a more "spiritual"direction, as Art Journaling is not necessarily tied to memories in the way that scrapbooking is.

 

love love love this topic

 

I don't have a memory of /with a tree. I do have a strong affinity with trees, and it all relates to inner life. I took this in a more "spiritual" direction as AJ is not necessarily tied to memories like scrapbooking is.

 

This might actually be the quickest I've ever gotten a MM done :-D

What I started out with and what I finished with are night and day, but once this one started taking shape there was no turning back.

My tree memory is orange trees - specifically when they bloom. There's a stretch of Highway 15 between Kissimmee and Orlando that runs through a large section of orange groves ... although now that I think about it that's probably past tense these days. I haven't been over that way in more than ten years; it's likely fallen prey to capitalism/tourism.

At any rate, starting sometime in March the trees would bloom, and the smell of orange blossoms was as thick as scent can get. It played hell with hayfever and allergies but I didn't even care. I'd pop some sinus medicine and roll the car windows down - and keep them down until the inevitable headache set in.

I don't know the last time I smelled orange blossoms like that. I miss it more than I ever thought I would.

 

Thankyou Ona @wombat146 for a great theme for this muse as it brought back some great memories for me. I thought I had another old photo of my sister under the tree when it was bigger but could not find it. I enjoyed writing my very first Haiku so thankyou for the incentive to do that. I think I might write some more in the future.

 

here is mine

 

Journaling reads: I don’t have many memories of trees in our small backyard, although there is one cropped out of the photo next to me. But I do remember the large apple tree next door. The neighbors would share the bounty with us every year with a bushel of fruit. Mom and Busia would get down to business and make yummy apple pies.

 

Thanks Ona for this challenge !

 

I Love This Month's Muse!...Well I Pretty Much Love Them All!...I Love Interpreting All The Monthly Muses...

I Have Had A Love Of Trees My Whole Life...From The Birch Trees In The Backyard At My Parent's Family Home Where We Grew Up...To The Neighbors Lilac Trees...To The Maple Trees Also At A Neighbors Yard...Directly Beside Our Driveway...To The Majestic Lined Country Pathways Ever So Safely Guarded...In Autumn...Trees Have Always Been A Constant In My Life...I Just Love The Grounded & Safe Feeling Trees Give Me...And Just Being Able To Breathe In Their Life,Beauty & Majestic Strength...Is A Great Way To Spend Some Quality Time...If Perhaps Just To Recharge & Relax...Or A Quiet Time In Peaceful Contemplation...

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