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The African landscape is so beautiful and fascinating. This was day 1 of my safari tour taken in Voi, Kenya at the Ngutuni Wildlife Reserve. My two guides (one was Kenyan, the other Danish) were fun & very knowledgeable. I was lucky to have had a very personal experience, my "driver" was also the caretaker of the villa where I stayed and I had his land cruiser (see previous picture) all to myself.
INFO ABOUT THIS TREE: "Known as 'The Tree of Life', the baobab is an icon of the African savannah, a symbol of life and positivity. Growing wild in thirty-two countries across the continent, it is at the heart of many traditional remedies and folklore and can have a lifespan of up to 5000 years.
The baobab is a prehistoric tree that is highly adapted to its environment. During the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as The Tree of Life."
Fancy Jasper creates the perfect earthy color combo for this Tree of Life necklace set with matching earrings. Copper, 14kt gp and silver lend extra sprkle and versatility. Handmade Tree of Life pendant is 1 1/2", and matching earrings sport miniature trees.
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I'll drink of he clear stream,
And hear the linnet's song;
And there I'll lie and dream
The day along:
And, when night comes, I'll go
To places fit for woe:
Walking along the darken'd valley,
With Silent Melancholy.
By William Blcke
Quilt Title: Tree of Life, Spring (1994)
Artist: Jane Sassaman, Harvard, Illinois
Venue: National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
The Tree of Life, designed by architect Dominic Galicia (more details here: bit.ly/2yVi1GJ), is located at the courtyard of the former Department of Tourism building (formerly the Department of Agriculture building too). The retrofitted building, which is a fine example of the harmonious merging of the old and the the new, will be the nation’s first museum devoted to our rich and diverse flora and fauna.
The museum which will open soon is the newest addition to the already existing National Museum of Anthropology and the National Museum of Fine Arts.
©Donie Cruz
29 October 2017
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Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew - Marcus Aurelius
From Disney's Animal Kingdom. I took the long lens to shoot wildlife, so I couldn't fit the whole tree in the frame. So instead, I tried to compose a shot emphasizing the waterfall and some of the intricate carvings.
Da oltre cinque secoli, il grande baobab dell’isola di Kwale, vicino Zanzibar, veglia immobile sul tempo che scorre. Quando le sue radici affondavano appena nella terra salmastra, velieri arabi solcavano l’oceano, e mercanti di spezie si fermavano all’ombra dei suoi rami per cercare riparo dal sole. Forse un vecchio sultano di Kilwa vi sostò in silenzio, o un pescatore swahili lasciò accanto al tronco le reti bagnate, raccontando al figlio le leggende del mare. Passarono portoghesi, pirati, viaggiatori perduti. Alcuni piantarono tende, altri scrissero nomi ormai cancellati dal vento. Uomini di ogni lingua e pelle hanno incrociato questo gigante, e poi sono scomparsi, mentre l’albero continuava a crescere, in silenzio, custodendo i loro segreti tra le sue cicatrici, nei suoi anelli, nelle sue cavità profonde. Oggi, come allora, chi lo guarda sente che non è solo un albero: è un archivio vivente di memorie senza voce ma che vibra di storia antica
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Take time to walk the path around the base of the Animal Kingdom Tree of Life. There are some beautiful waterfalls and interesting perspectives of the animal carvings.
El Árbol del Tule (Spanish for The Tree of Tule) is a tree located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 9 km (6 mi) east of the city of Oaxaca on the road to Mitla.
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