Wordless Wednesday: Determination
May 19, 2010
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Observations from a Maine gardener
Welcome to My Garden
I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist, retired college professor, and amateur gardener who loves flowering perennials. I garden in East Poland, Maine (USDA zone 5a/4b). Some posts also focus on a small garden I kept in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (USDA zone 6b) where I used to teach and live part-time.
Since my retirement, I've been deepening my horticultural knowledge by becoming certified as a Master Gardener Volunteer and by earning a Certificate in Native Plants and Ecological Horticulture from the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
In this blog, I draw on my gardening experience as I reflect on my own garden, make observations about gardens I visit, and review garden books and garden blogs. Occasionally, I use the lens of my sociological training to consider the social meaning of gardening and to observe the community of garden bloggers. This is my space to share my passion for gardening. Please join me!
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Beautiful pictures, amazing how resiliant plants are.
Some trees really are amazing. Our California Bay Laurel trees here have a tendency to fall over, and where ever they land, they sprout too!
There is true majesty is such a survivor.
Old trees surely do have great determination… they seem determined to stay alive somehow … even when their centers are rotted out they find a way to live. An inspiration. Your word is perfectly matched to your images Jean. ;>)
If this was anywhere near a suburb, it would have been chainsawed and never given the chance.
There is a story here – what a magnificent tree!
Amazing! I hope the tree gets to rejuvenate itself into its former glory.
Just think too of all the wildlife that this wonderful old tree is hosting.
Amazing, I respect their natural energy.
What a great wordless story!