Familiar trees
For some reason I remember three particular trees from my childhood. We’re going back decades. My family lived in a railway house and in the backyard there were three trees in line. A maple, a chestnut and a cherry. There were no other trees of these species close by so I know that they were purposely planted by someone who had lived in the house before me. The railway did not do things like that. And all of these trees had grown large enough to be considered adult. That is the maple had a strong trunk that I could barely put my arms around. The chestnut tree produced those prickly orbs that were so pleasant to find because they always contained something inside. It could be called a conquer. That is, you put them on a string and you conk things. And the cherry tree bore fruit. Acerbic but good enough to attract a large number of birds every year. I remember these three trees because where I live, most people do not plant trees. They depend upon nature to do the job and we usually end up with a hodgepodge of spruce and birch. Having trees that could be found in a tree book meant that these were special trees. Chosen. I have a memory from later of going back and finding just the stumps which means that someone else had cut them down but since people do not tend to remove such stumps I figured that if I was to go back I could go to exactly that position and say that the three trees were here. Maybe next year. The field lies right beside a major walking trail so access would be simple. The house is now gone. Moved down the road a ways and still used. I guess what I really want to know is who did this. Can I do a calculation based upon the age of the tree and the date that I remember versus who would have been living in the property at that time. No reason to. This probably goes back about a century. It is however good to think that the acts we do now, may be recognized by those that come after. I guess I am getting old.
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