A Few Trees...

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When it comes to black and white, I really like leafless trees that draw almost calligraphic shapes in the sky. In the middle of a park in the city is a very small island. Artificial, of course. A small round island occupied only by trees. The space being so small, the trees crowded into each other to find a little space under the sun.

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Because I was used to seeing in black and white and because I was still walking through a big and beautiful park, I thought of looking more closely at the trees.

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Because I usually look at the trees from the bottom up, I decided to look at them more closely and from my eyes this time. I wanted to get rid of this inferiority complex that you usually have when you sit next to a tree and feel so small!

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Looking more closely at the bottom of the trees, the thick trunk and cracked bark, I saw that it resembles some elephant feet and the roots, with some scattered toes that mix with the ground.

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When I look at these thick legs, I expect them to come off the ground and walk towards me, like in a horror movie. I probably saw such a movie and this image remained hidden somewhere in my brain.

I need to think of something friendlier. To some birds that are attached to these trees. Pigeons!

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However, the idyllic image of the pigeons cannot drive the toes of the trees out of my mind. Like snakes. I remember photographing an olive tree with visible roots on the Greek island of Thassos.

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Olive trees can live for thousands of years, just the other day I saw on TV how an olive tree older than three thousand years burned on a Greek island. Incredible!

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge.

For #TreeTuesday by old-guy-photos@old-guy-photos.

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