5.28.12: This tree sits on the property of good friends who are moving out of town. I took the picture on Sunday night during their farewell gathering of friends and neighbors. I stopped by the house today to pick up a beautiful bowl she's leaving with me, and when I arrived the orange of the setting sun filled their living room like I've never noticed before. When I mentioned it she pulled me into the 'sun room' to look out at the tree and the lake not knowing that I had taken the picture the night before. She cleared the desk and window so we could see, stopped and took a deep breath. This scene and place she'll always remember and appreciate, and in that moment I think that she placed it in her heart and mind to take with her.
Taken they'll only be an hour and a half away in New Orleans, and it is their official return to their home city following the federal levee failures after Katrina. Their home there is so beautiful and it also has a stunning Live Oak tree across the street in a park. Family and friends are there to welcome them and a renewed lifestyle is ready for their participation. They'll be missed, and we'll always feel fortunate that they entered our lives seven years ago. I guess part of this Dream Tree will stay, too, so that we'll always remember and cherish. :) xo
