A real tree

If you ever wondered what a real tree looks like, one that hasn't been lopped, pollarded and mutilated by human hands, we are lucky to still be able to find untouched wild specimens in our countryside. I love to walk, as you may know by now, and without my escapades into fields and valleys, I would be most unhappy. In our fast and furious world, it is good to remind ourselves from time to time what a tree should look like. A love of nature is one of the ways to discover how blessed we are to be part of this world, as artificial, chaotic and crazy as it is.

An oak, Northamptonshire.
Photo copyright SvD.