Two days ago my boyfriend and I were talking trees, and for me (a lover of trees) the whole deal was a huge turn-on to tell you the truth. Ah kissing under a tree would be devine! *Stares off into a day dream* Anyhow...the great thing about our lovely tree talking was that I learned about some trees I'd never heard enough of before.
We spoke of the Baobab tree, this grotesque tree found in the African continent. It blew my mind gloriously especially in this picture; how can a tree grow to such huge proportions in the blistering African heat? Ah it's gotta be the sun, I'll bet the sun and it's grandioseness had high expectations on this tree, and well it must have mentored it to huge success with the many sun rays in the open African Savannah.
My boyfriend also spoke to me about a very very elderly tree called the Sequoia tree, which I'm sure most people have heard lots about, I'm however shamed I never knew of them before :P. These Sequoias grow in California near the Sierra Nevada Mountains, they age 3000 years! They're just about the most giant most beautiful and ancient thing; my boyfriend particularly likes their admirable red color, I think it's stunning too. Such epic trees, they're like the old still ancient dragons of the forest, wise for the thousands of springs and winters they've seen. I bet they gots lovely fairies all around them parading and what not.
Lastly, we spoke of the Fig Tree, which I think was my favourite of the day and of the intensified conversation. I'd stored up a little knowledge of the fig fruit before but I'd never looked at a picture of it's tree. And so I looked at this picture and dropped my jaw, I might have drooled!
What a foxy tree my my! I'd love to see a real one for my self one day even though these pictures are satisfying. But oh man to climb one would be a dream! And so would kissing under one, or right up on one for that matter, ohh t'would be great! I'm in love with the tree's trippy branches and it's darker shade, it's mysterious, enticing, and artful all in one. Better yet it's even fruitful, the fig as a fruit is very trippy as well.
During my admiring I got up and dug up a little article on the importance and goodness of the fig; I'll list some facts that blew my mind bout it:
people have been eating figs since 5000 BC!
they were eaten by Greek and Roman athletes to better their performance
figs provide the same amount of calcium as milk
the fig tree is the symbol of fertility, abundance and sweetness!
figs were actually the fruit in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, not apples!
And I leave you with my favourite fig fact:
