A Museum Tree

                                                         A Museum Tree

Trees and neighborhoods mature together. Many of the trees were planted near the curb and have grown so big, with expanding roots, that they started raising the cement nearby and had to be removed. They are also often taken down when they interfere with above-ground wiring.

Sometimes trees reach their life span and start losing their leaves, eventually remaining as just a trunk with bare branches. Most of the time they will be chopped by the township and no one will know that they had once been providing beauty and shade and nesting places for local birds.

So it was quite the surprise when I came upon the trunk of a dead tree that was artfully transformed! It was sculpted and painted and stood as something that could be in a museum. It was a delight to see and it made me remember that we can be creative in all sorts of ways. I am delighted each time I pass that tree and I  hope that other residents appreciate it as well.