The Face In The Tree.

We live in a metropolis... city for hours on all sides, except for the side that has the sea. We are lucky to be 5 minutes from a lovely beach but other 'tree nature' is hard to come by. We have a Nature Reserve about a 20 minute drive away, El Dorado, an almost 400 acre parcel of land that is abundant with trees and wild animals. We use poor El Dorado very often! 

Whenever we go 'El Doradoing', we go with a mission; finding all the colors of leaves, acorn hats, twirly sticks... On Saturday, our mission was to find faces in trees. It was K's idea, she has a beautifully illustrated book and her favorite picture is of a girl in a wood talking to a tree who has the kindest, gentlest gnarled old face. So, she suggested we look for faces in trees... I was very excited!

This is what we found, proving that trees DO in fact have faces...

Do you see his happy face?

This is a Maori tree doing a "Hakka" with his tongue sticking out.

This is a yelling baby's profile... do you see?

This tree is angry... K suggested that he was angry because he was right next to the lake and wanted to take a swim but couldn't as he was 'rooted' to the ground... I think she was right.

So, you see, trees do have faces and feelings!