My tree... Getting Arboreal

Julie Prichard, from the Land of Lost Luggage, has taken the initiative again: Getting Arboreal is the name of this tribute to nature, where bloggers from everywhere post pictures of their favorite tree during the year.

You too can join!

Here you can find all the information to participate.

Let me explain about my choice...

It could easily have been the one with the orange blosson, the July cq. Flamboyant Tree. At the moment it is still flowering all over our island, it is beautiful, and it could have been my choice. But I was looking for something else...

So I went to the only park we have on the Dutch side of our island, the Emilio Wilson Park, and pictured this: don't the seeds look very promising? I'm fond of their shape, they look like dots which I often use in my work. Again, this could have been it, my tree...

But then, finally, in that same park, I knew: this one is the tree I want to present to all of you!

Why, you wonder?!

Is it beautiful? Mwah...I could easily find a tree that is more impressing, but hey:

this is the tree where I have had my stand during

ART IN THE PARK

for the last three years!

!

It provides shadow for the often relentless Caribbean sun,

shelter for the unexpected heavy rains,

its branches offer a splendid place to exhibit my quilts,

apparently nothing special, but for me it is a tree with a very special, personal meaning

And you, what is your favorite tree?