Scenes and Thoughts under the Trees

Scenes and Thoughts under the Trees 

Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

"Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being."― Victor Hugo

Dr Abe V Rotor

Author's grandchildren Mackie and Markus with their Tita Venie,

author's sister, stroll under heritage mango trees, circa 2017. 

Care and worries dissolve under the trees,

nature's umbrella from sun and rain;

where silence and freedom reign supreme,

and growing up a sweet passing of time.

"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky" - Khalil Gibran

 

Lianas, epiphyses and ground plants make a dense growth around the trunks of heritage trees, adding shade and coolness of the surroundings.

 

Feathery trees like peacock's tail,

filter my eyes from dust and glare;

the sky as soft as clouds drifting,

and noise like breeze passing by.

 

These trees are truly pillars of time,

heritage from my great grandfather,

withstanding the elements of nature,

as a legacy of the next generation. 

"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come."- Karen Joy Fowler

 

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted 

a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett

Birds are singing in the trees

in harmony with the breeze.

  

"If you would know strength and patience, welcome

 the company of trees" - Borland.

 

Hide-and-seek among the trees,

win-or-lose the key to peace

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose 

shade you do not expect to sit."― Nelson Henderson

 

Anton Chekhov said, "Life on earth is inconceivable without trees." 

Plant and nurture some trees and you'll find happiness and peace. 

 

Feathery crown of trees appears like curtain of a stage,

unveils nature's play and the book of life  page by page. 

"When you plant a tree you plant a legacy." - Pepper Provenzano

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”- EO Wilson ~