I was just watching a TV history of the Great Canadian Flag debate, wherein Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson wrestled with Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker. Pearson got a new flag … not the one he wanted, but new and free of the past colonial symbolism.
As it happens, my walk today took me past another Canadian symbol. This one had a rough year and fell to a wind storm last summer.
Danica and I attended the tree funeral and scored a keepsake.
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Maple is a symbol of sweetness. I always stop underneath to gather the goodness. Also, branches make wonderful drum sticks.
Sad when these giant fall. A tear came to my eye when Salmo trees were cut this year all along the mountain. Huge giants that have lived many many years.
A living tree, dancing in the wind, is a magnificent ‘symbol’.