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often splits into two,  sometimes 3.   This one easily 80 ft tall.  Branches swooping up and down and both,  the same branch.  They sing.  Those pineapple sized cones contain nuts,  hard to get to and very hard shelled.  Same as pinion in New Mex,  but those you can crack with your teeth.  These,  pliers.  A staple in the diet of the First People.

 

 

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14 responses to “the body of Foothill Pine”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar

    they must make a beautiful sound with the wind

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  2. Liz A Avatar

    this form is so not what I imagine when I think “pine”… and how amazing that the fork can hold so much above it

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  3. Acey Avatar

    which birds sentry at the top? Do the crows???

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  4. dee Avatar

    The photo looks like a renaissance painting. Trees change light. They eat it. Convert it. Dapple it. Block it. Turn it green. If only we could relate to light on as many levels!

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar

    they do. shushing, singing Peace

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    they are a true mystery

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    crows sometimes, in passing. Hawks. Once a young eagle.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    these are BEAUTY FULL words…they do. They do so much, while
    appearing to be so still

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  10. Laura R Avatar
    Laura R

    Careful…

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    you really can’t be. They are just There and things
    happen

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