Methuselah Trees
Methuselah Trees
Like a Johnny Cash Song
I thought I’d been almost everywhere
Then I had the pleasure
Meeting an acquaintance with
4000 year old trees
They called me youngster, a kid
I listened and learned of their journeys
Across the millennia of time
High up in their mountain hideaway
10,000 feet and higher
They had some amazing views
Some across valleys and meadow
A distant view of Sierra Nevada
They'd been before indigenous people walked
Before the Europeans came seeking a new life
The stories they can tell to a youngster like me.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon while walking the Discovery Trail in the Schulman Grove of Inyo National Forest. The view is looking up a mountainside to the east with this one ancient bristlecone pine tree. My thinking in composing this image was to pull back on the focal length enough to capture not just this one lone tree, but also some of the surrounding landscape to add to the feeling present of grandeur and solitude. This mountainside setting is a little over 10,000 feet elevation.
Methuselah Trees
Methuselah Trees
Like a Johnny Cash Song
I thought I’d been almost everywhere
Then I had the pleasure
Meeting an acquaintance with
4000 year old trees
They called me youngster, a kid
I listened and learned of their journeys
Across the millennia of time
High up in their mountain hideaway
10,000 feet and higher
They had some amazing views
Some across valleys and meadow
A distant view of Sierra Nevada
They'd been before indigenous people walked
Before the Europeans came seeking a new life
The stories they can tell to a youngster like me.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon while walking the Discovery Trail in the Schulman Grove of Inyo National Forest. The view is looking up a mountainside to the east with this one ancient bristlecone pine tree. My thinking in composing this image was to pull back on the focal length enough to capture not just this one lone tree, but also some of the surrounding landscape to add to the feeling present of grandeur and solitude. This mountainside setting is a little over 10,000 feet elevation.