Who said Spring is here? I needed to get out for some fresh air so I walked through Canatara Park in Sarnia, Ont. We now live in the apartment building just across the road.
Was I expecting a lovely walk in the park. Heavens no......I put on heavy sweater, winter coat, grabbed my Ipad and out I went into the wiles of spring on the shores of Lake Huron.
I couldn't resist taking some photos of the old gnarled tree that I took several photos of back in 2014 when Lou and I went for a lovely walk. Back then I came home and wrote all about it. Yesterday I found the same tree now lying broken on the ground. It has become a resting place for people and birds that populate the shores of the lake.
In a way it signified to me the cycle of living, dying and passing on to others. This tree probably though that its use on earth was finished the day it fell to the ground. Did a strong winter wind end the little bit of living it still had. Branches then still growing from the crown? Did lightening strike it during a hot summer storm. We will never know.....but still it has a purpose even today. For myself I again took more photos of the new status it had. King of tree trunks lying to give shelted and rest.
Ahhhhhh but my story does not end here.
I kept walking forward, listening to the Canada Geese all around me as they called to each other while working on their nests waiting for the eggs to be laid and another generation of Geese to grow up in this park and fly away.
There I saw it........could this be a generation from the old gnarly tree I just passed. Could this have come somehow from roots spread far underground? A new generation and a new story of living for years to come. What will this new generation be able to share with the visitors that come to this park every day? I hope strength, growth and of course shade on those hot summer days. Of course, I want to see the Glory of Coming Fall when the leaves are painted in the colours of red, gold and orange.
