No forest…just the tree - a photo on Flickriver

            I have to admit that I am not keen on cell phone captures, but I’m going to break my rules just this once and post what I think was a most unusual encounter. I picked up on him out of the corner of my eye as I saw the limbs gliding along above the tents. He moved slowly and deliberately and with a graceful gait that demonstrated to me that trees can indeed walk. I am now a believer. 

The photo was taken at a local artist show and we went just to visit a friend. This was a very pleasant and unique surprise. He’s called The Walking Tree of Life an incredible impression has he moves about the grounds. Michael Shaffer came up with the idea in 2007 and has been perfecting his art ever since. You can read more about The Walking Tree of Life at the link below. Hope everyone enjoys the departure. 

I am going to add a bit of a disclaimer to the post. Don’t everyone go bonkers on me, but I have to admit that I’ve never seen Lord of the Rings. I guess I’ll have to take a look.  

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And so here is yet another footnote!

I want to leave the tree photo up and want people to comment on it, but just located a website that is operated out of China that has at least 20 of my photos posted on their website and did not ask for permission. I have  contacted them but expect little action since China is known to be stealing property for us. This is very upsetting, and I’ll expand a bit more on it tomorrow. Remember when you click on a website that looks like it’s in your neighborhood, that it could be someone stealing intellectual property and repackaging it for their own profit. Some of these people are as unscrupulous as they come. I have now dropped the size for viewing my photos to the smallest size and know that they have a low-resolution photo and that’s it. 
More to come tomorrow. You can send me an email, but I would rather you hold your comments until tomorrow about this find. Disturbing. 

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Taken on: November 17, 2019

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