1 This tree and bank of daffodils is at the entrance to our Doctor’s surgery. No matter how bad people feel, these raise a smile on every face.
Bank of Daffodils
2 Today is the International Day of Forests. The theme of the International Forest Day 2014 is Celebrating Forests for Sustainable Development. To celebrate the theme, the UN held a Panel discussion on Women as Agents of Change for Forests and Sustainable Development with inspiring speakers from forest heroes to film makers. Here are some beautiful photos of trees that I have taken over the years. Click on any photo for the detail.
3 Sadly, we are losing many of our forests around the world. This poignant and beautiful poem, which I have long loved, is by Jules Supervielle, a Uraguayan poet, and seems right to mark both International Day of Forests and World Poetry Day
In the hourless forest
In the hourless forest
a tall tree is being felled.
A vertical void
trembles in the form of a shaft
near the outstretched trunk.Search, birds, search,
for the site of your nests
in this high memory
while it is still murmuring.by Jules Supervielle
ladysighs
March 22, 2014 at 8:27 am
I missed knowing about World Poetry Day. 🙁
Do my poems still count?
We often look at something (forest) only seeing its beauty and miss the real importance of its being. I really like the poem too.
mybeautfulthings
March 22, 2014 at 9:31 am
Of course they do! Sending love and hoping that your transition is getting easier. 🙂
Choc Chip Uru
March 22, 2014 at 7:44 am
Happy International Day of Forests – you definitely show their beauty 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
mybeautfulthings
March 27, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Glad you appreciated the forests too. 🙂
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
March 21, 2014 at 11:47 pm
Bank of Daffodils…awesome photography!
mybeautfulthings
March 27, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Thank you 🙂
Colline
March 21, 2014 at 10:24 pm
The daffodils are beautiful. They would certainly lift my day.
mybeautfulthings
March 27, 2014 at 3:40 pm
They did mine! 🙂
john zande
March 21, 2014 at 8:53 pm
That is a stunning first photo, sally.
john zande
March 21, 2014 at 8:53 pm
*Sally
mybeautfulthings
March 27, 2014 at 3:39 pm
Thank you very much. 🙂