Now remember if a daily #TreeSquare sounds daunting, it is okay to join weekly or even just pop in occasionally with your trees. The frequency and content of your squares entirely depends on you and your blog. The only absolute rule for joining in with Squares is that your photograph must be square in shape!
Becky B.
In this month’s square’s challenge I will start at home and spiral farther and farther from home to share different tree species in my travels. All of these posts will work for both Becky B’s Squares and Cee’s Flower of the Day, #FOTD
Prescott Walk #14B Prescott National Forest: Lynx Lake
Vince surprised me with a quick ride to get out of the house for a bit after the temperature had cooled to 96 degrees. It turned into a photo shoot – without my new camera and in my flip flops.
Not all trees have such distinctive bark as the alligator pine tree. I’ve loved these since we first discovered them at Slide Rock State Park outside of Sedona in 2017.
I like to imagine shapes and faces in clouds too. Another good place to look for faces is in gnarled old trees.
Jules
I missed this one when Cee had her Faces in Things challenge. It’s a long shot, but maybe an alien face?
So it thrilled me to see a tree at Lynx Lake I could name with certainty.
I don’t see any faces, though. In my mind I hear the kindergarten ditty I used to do with my five-year-old students.
Alligator Stew
Alligator stew, alligator stew, If I don’t get some I don’t know what I’ll do. Give away my furry hat, give away my shoe, But don’t give away my alligator stew.
There ought to be one starting with Alligator Tree. Oh wait – here’s one.
Alligator Tree
Alligator tree, alligator tree, If I don't find one, it will sure be bad for me. Take away my computer, take away my key. But don't take away my alligator tree. © 2021 Marsha Ingrao
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33 responses to “#TreeSquares 5: Barking Up the Wrong Tree at Lynx Lake”
[…] Marsha’s post recently Barking up the Wrong Tree Day #5, made me remember these faces and sculptures from a few years […]
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Hi Marsha, you inspired with the mention of faces in your post and I found some great photos from a while ago where clay sculptures were added to trees in a beautiful lush garden area. I’ve blogged about it today – thanks for the inspiration. Your trees and descriptions are wonderful and so different to the area where I live.
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I’ll be by to check out your post. 🙂
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Love your tree and your pastiche.
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Thank you, and you just taught me a new word. I’m afraid the imitation was all Photoshop Elements 15 filters.
Pastiche –
N, “an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
“the operetta is a pastiche of 18th century styles”
V. “imitate the style of (an artist or work)”
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I was meaning the poem for the pastiche.
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LOL, well it was still new learning for me. Blogging is great for the vocabulary. As a teacher and writer, I’m a huge fan of new vocabulary.
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Love the poems!
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I love the textures in these trees Marsha and yes maybe the face of an alien???
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That’s my theory. There are lots of those faces in the rocks and trees around Prescott and Sedona. 🙂
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Fabulous #TreeSquares, and I am giggling away at your brilliant rhymes.
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Love the trees and the alligator stew ditties! So cute, Marsha! Glad you’re getting out and about in the heat!
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Thanks, Terri, I’m excited about your #WQWWC post for this week. I can’t wait to see how it goes and what you do with it. Suddenly – in the past year – blogging has become so fun and collaborative.
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You are an amazing collaborator, Marsha! It has been quite fun. I guess we bloggers need each other 😁
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Yes, we do. Do you need me to do the list of participants?
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Oops, I forgot that part. If you don’t mind…we are out and about, to the bank for our loan, lunch with BIL then home later this afternoon. I can plop the links in when I get home.
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You bet.
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Got it and editing my post now!
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Thanks again, dear friend. 🙂
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😊😊😊
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Thanks for the smiles, Sue! 🙂 I love smiles.
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Absolutely!! 👍
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It is a fun take. I so like the bark or alligator stew 😀
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Arf, Arf, Arf! 🙂
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I like your creative take on alligator stew 🙂
and perhaps it’s the power of suggestion, but I can see the alien in that tree…
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LOL. What’s to say he’s not there rearranging the bark, morphing it into his face?
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that’s true. he could have arrived on one of those UFOs that have beenin the news…
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I think one of them landed in Prescott! 🙂
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yikes! have you visited the landing spot? 🙂
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Visual proof, wouldn’t you say, Jim? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
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The tree is good proof that there were aliens, but I was wondering where the UFO landed 😀
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Good question, Jim. I don’t think it actually landed. Surely you’ve heard of beaming!!! LOL In this case, the alien was beamed into a tree and when his parts came together…
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ok, got it 🙂
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