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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

When you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Lao Tzu (Circa 6th Century BC)

The Tree of Life

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36 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2012

36 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Sean Jeating says:
    February 5, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    Your memory will know that what your eyes saw was (even) much more impressive than what the photo shows. Hm?

  2. Andrew says:
    February 5, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    Another stunning image.

  3. Anyes - Far Away in the Sunshine says:
    February 5, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    What a glorious capture Cherie :-)

  4. jams o donnell says:
    February 5, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    Now that is a superb photo

  5. JD says:
    February 5, 2012 at 11:05 pm

    that is the best photo you have posted…..

    • CherryPie says:
      February 5, 2012 at 11:19 pm

      Thanks JD :-) I am curious as to why you think it is the best picture I have posted…

      I mentioned above that I particularity like this photo, but as Sean mentioned when I see the photo it brings back the memory of the view at the time, which is still more vivid than the photo.

      So I would like to know why the photo works for you :-)

      • JD says:
        February 6, 2012 at 9:01 am

        ah, now you are asking…
        you want me to start thinking :)
        OK
        I saw what you saw before you decided to take the photo.
        Long before you picked up the camera and pointed it at the tree, your subconscious mind saw ‘it’ and then your aware mind responded by framing the tree and click!
        Does that make sense?
        :)

        • CherryPie says:
          February 6, 2012 at 8:59 pm

          I like it when people think ;-)

          Your comment makes perfect sense, I can still see the scene from the day I took that photo, it was far more vivid than the photo itself. It has taken me so long to use the photo because I didn’t think it conveyed what I saw on that day in 2009.

          From reading everyone’s comments though, the photo seems to convey exactly what I saw on that day…

          The photo was taken on one of the country roads near to Flodden Field. It was one of those ‘please stop the car now’ moments and the photo was taken from inside the car through the windscreen ;-)

          Thank you for sharing your thoughts :-)

  6. Marcie says:
    February 6, 2012 at 12:41 am

    What an absolutely stunning image! Such gorgeous light!! And – I love the quote. So inspiring.

  7. Claude says:
    February 6, 2012 at 3:49 am

    Adding my voice to the chorus. Splendid view. Thanks for sharing. Also a great thought!

  8. Ginnie says:
    February 6, 2012 at 8:02 am

    So totally true, Cherry…and what a fabulous image!

  9. Claire says:
    February 6, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Great tree with a fabulous sky. Wonderful photo. :)

  10. Mats says:
    February 6, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    Excellent shot, the road that leads the eye into the photo is great.

  11. Jailhouselawyer says:
    February 6, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    The photo reminded me of this…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebobblog/240737273/

  12. missing moments says:
    February 6, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    Beautiful photo with wise words!

  13. jameshigham says:
    February 6, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    Just add mine too.

  14. Ahmad says:
    February 8, 2012 at 4:31 pm

    This is an amazing shot , very well done ! I like the combination of light and shadow . And very well framing .

  15. London Caller says:
    February 8, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    So the whole world belongs to the 99% eh? ;)

  16. J_on_tour says:
    February 19, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    Simple but effective image due to how the shape of the tree is positioned with the road.