Haiku for Mother Tree

Heritage vanished

Chestnut family felled dead

quietly gone extinct.

swPerhaps the largest standing Chestnut Tree on the Eastern Seaboard. We named her the "Mother Tree". We kept it secret for a long, long time.

Our neighbors were the first to find it. There were no offspring.

Now they have logged all over the ridge around it. I wonder what shape it is currently in and could I still find it? Someday, I'll get back over there.

These two photos were taken in 2006 after it had fallen;
about five years later than the first one shown above ...

Mother Tree pictures and story anonymously contributed by participant to protect the location and well being of the remaining solid wood.

Now looking for more Chestnut tree stories and pictures to share.