This photograph I call Treescape. I took it looking out toward what used to be pasture, just a few yards from our backyard.
I took this photo bouncing along in the pickup truck while my brother drove us through the pine stands that are part of my late father's tree farm.
These old oak trees stood at the border of the acreage we drove through looking at the various stands of pine.
And finally, longleaf pine, a quick glimpse as we finished our drive-through. We are trying to encourage more longleaf on the farm. If you want to know more about this native species, read Janisse Ray's ECOLOGY OF A CRACKER CHILDHOOD. And go to the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center's website--www.jonesctr.org The Center is located in Baker County in the Dougherty Plain of southwestern Georgia.
5 comments:
Live oaks and longleaf pine were part of my childhood too. And Spanish moss -- so romantic even if it was full of redbugs!
And speaking of romantic -- that road running straight through the orderly lines of trees inflames my imagination.
Love the trees!!
a couple of things...
a) I grew up on Loblolly Lane, which is a somewhat longleaf pine... anyway, we had tons of them in the yard.
b) Did you know that the NC state toast begins with "Here's to the land of the longleaf pine"?
c) Davidson's summer reading selection was _Ecology_, and Ray is going to be coming to campus sometime soon to speak. The same book was WCU's reading project one year I was there (not my freshman year, though), and I was somehow able to grab a copy then. When I heard about Davidson's plans, I immediately volunteered to lead a discussion group with the freshmen. A tremendous experience!
My dad was from Mississippi. He brought back and planted a long leaf pine in our old yard in E. TN. I think it's still alive here in the East Tennessee mountains. Used to be quite a curiosity.
lovely photos,
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