But I'll put some pictures here of one of my favourite local trees. Not only is it huge and rugged but it supports an extra burden of plants and even trees growing along one of its lower branches.
There's a magnificent fern.
And a dandelion.
A sycamore.
(Which is not as sickly as it looks. I adjusted the image to make it easier to see against a background of other leaves and managed to sap it of all its nutrients in the process.)
And a . . . beech? alder? Anyone?
I think the host tree is a lime . . . . but I'll be in hospital for several more weeks so we'll need to leave that hanging.
Hope you are all well.
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Hi Lucy: It is so good to hear from you. Good luck with everything that is going on. This can't be an easy time for you, and the fact that you bring us wonderful images from nature is remarkable. A big hug from Canada. David
Hello David in Canada. Thank you.
Glad to hear that you had the bone marrow transplant and I hope that it works. I enjoy seeing those trees, they are beautiful to see. Sending good thoughts your way from Ireland.
Hi Lucy, stay positive, hoping the procedure is a success. I love seeing plants/trees growing from other trees or old stumps.
What a splendid tree. Wishing you every success with the stem cell treatment. I am most impressed by the positive voice of your posts and am sure that this attitude will greatly help your recovery. Wishing you all the best.
Hello Lucy, what good news to hear that you’ve had the bone marrow transplant. That’s what my relative had last year and it was a success. Good too, for your positive attitude. It’s been lovely to see your message in a milk message daily and your wonderful twisty tree today. Thinking of you and sending positive thoughts your way. Take care.
Nice to hear after a long time Lucy. I do hope the transplant is a success and wish you all the best.
Greetings and best wishes from Wyoming, great to hear from you! The photos are wonderful, my favorite is the dandelion :) That's not something we see here. I suppose it's too dry for that kind of ecosystem to develop.
Good news. Wish you a little better with each day that passes.
oops ... "That's not something we see here" doesn't refer to the dandelion specifically. We have plenty of those, but not in trees ;)
Take care and good luck. I doubt I am as brave.
That's a hard working tree!
Sending you my very best wishes for a successful transplant. X
I'm glad you've had the transplant; now hoping for a complete recovery.
Good to see that you're making progress and I'm sure that things will start to get much better for you from here on.
Interesting pictures.
Thanks, I'm okay but would prefer cooler weather. Take care, Mike. xx
Wishing you all the very best.
Like Susannah and everyone here, I too am glad you were lucky enough to find a match and had the transplant. The waiting is difficult but I think you’re strong as the tree and I am sending my best wishes your way for a complete recovery!
Sounds promising, wishing you well and keeping everything crossed. Thats quite a tree. My little Rowan is also a host, to an equally little clematis.
Sending you much love and positive vibes Lucy. That's a most intriguing tree.
Dear Lucy
Just by chance this post turned up in my junk mail - so sorry to hear the news of your illness but wish you luck with the stem cell treatment - thinking of you and keeping my fingers crossed that it is a success
Best wishes
Elaine
Oh dear, I am late to the comments as always!
I would echo absolutely every good wish that has come your way from the other followers.
I do hope all continues to go well and I am so pleased you are out and about in nature again.
I have added this post to the tree following link-box blog this month and look forward to more bulletins from you. Halifax seems an absolutely beautiful part of the world.
All the very best :)
hello Lucy, glad to hear things are going OK so far,
I like the photos of your nurse tree, it's amazing what grows in damp moss!
best wishes and take care, Frances
Dear Lucy,
Glad to hear you had the bone marrow transplant, fingers crossed everything continues to be ok. It must feel along time to be in hospital. Take care best wishes from Dorset. Sarah x
October - what news? I hope you continue to make steady progress, and can walk your hills with camera in hand.
I'm sorry I missed this Lucy. Sending you lots of healing thoughts x
Your Twitter tells me you are walking and birding.
Going well?
Hello Countryside Tales. I am catching up with blogging again (even posting once more) and find I did not reply to a comment you left last October. For which, thanks. Your healing thoughts must have helped because the leukaemia no longer shows up on the bone marrow samples. I am at home - in the shielded group so not 'allowed' to go out for three months which is a bit frustrating but getting fitter gradually, simply because there are three flights of stairs to be gone up and down in the house. Quite a lot of unavoidable daily exercise!
Hello Diana. Thank you for your comment on the 'Plants in a Tree' post which you left last November. As you had noticed, I was easing my way back into internet inter-action by starting with Twitter. I had hoped this would soon become lots of outdoors action too - but we have all had our wings clipped. Hope you are well and not too frustrated by the restrictions currently holding you back from exploring the hills in your usual way. (Gosh, November now seems a long way in the past! A different world!)
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