One of the very old Oak Trees in the Fair Oaks Park Minneapolis © CKatt 2019
Summer is upon the wind
Bees bustle, flowers flirt,
Trees lift up their branches
toward the sun, while
Sheltering all and one
Strolling or resting in a city park,
People drawn out again to
Feel alive and be warmed
by sun and air
Revived!
All and one
June 20, 2019
CKatt
SAVE OUR PARK!
Thanks for stopping by my kitchen,
Have a peaceful Day wherever you may be.
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So it is not only in good old Europe that small or big patches of nature in the city have to go, leaving their place to parking lots or something similar, above or underground… Trees are promised once the digging frenzy is over… And then we get the excuse that there isn’t enough ground left to accomodate tree roots… oops!… Another stone desert for mass events…
My heart is with you – and I wish you luck,.. I hope that the ‘organizers’ are more reasonable than the ones over here…
Grts
Nil
Thanks, Nil. Sad to think that it’s happening everywhere. The Park Board here has a city wide plan to upgrade all the parks. There was no request for input from the surrounding community. The meeting on June 25 will be attended by people who feel like I do.
The park really is a haven. I have many years of photos from this park.
More to come.
Such a magnificent old tree. I love to see these old trees. I hope it will be allowed to grow for many more years.
Me too. Thanks.
I love oak trees. I’m not sure if you saw my restaurant report with pictures of that oak that’s over 2,000 years old. I’m just in awe every time I see it!
Gosh! I don’t think I saw that one! What’s the title on the post?
It was this one. Mary Mahoney’s restaurant. In Biloxi, MS. https://blainerestaurantreport.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/mary-mahoneys-biloxi-ms-report-202/
Yes! I did see it. Wow! Thanks.😃
You’re welcome. Just south of New Orleans, on the banks of the Mississippi, there’s a Naval Air Station in Belle Chasse, LA. There are a few moss covered oaks on that base that are HUGE! I often wonder how old they are.
I used to live In Jacksonville. There was a huge tree in my friends’ yard by the St Johns River. Enormous! I am afraid this oak in my post will be a victim of the Park plans.
That’d be ashamed if they get rid of it. 😢
A crime, if you ask me.
And then of course our city park in New Orleans is full of them. If you ever come here you’ve got to check it out.
https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/new_orleans/news/blake_pontchartrain/article_4f2e2e10-c820-5d29-8cb1-61499d8f962a.html
Thanks Blaine I hope to get there! It’s on my list.