I’ve been
following my cedar for all of a month now, but have known it for quite some
time - four years to be precise. It’s a character-packed mature tree, having
originally been planted, I believe, as part of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s
landscaping c1770.
If there is
a problem with this tree, it has to be that I see it almost every weekday on my
walk into work, and I have to admit that in some ways – it can become part of
the furniture! That’s where Tree Following, I hope, will bring this tree firmly
back into focus. Already I’ve found myself looking closer – I just need to
capture some images that portray what I see!
It is a
tree that looks vigorous and full of life, but on closer inspection it has
wounds and scars that prove a long and full life. It would have been a juvenile
