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Oak Trees Landscaping, Tree Reference, Live Oak Tree, Greek Deities, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Angel Oak Trees, Landscape References, Angel Oak, Giant Tree

One of the longest living types of trees, oaks can survive upwards of a millennium. With over 600 different species, all varieties have enormous trunks, branches, showy bark, and acorns with cup-like caps. Since they mature into large trees with extremely wide canopies they are best suited for homes with large yards.

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TYWKIWDBI      ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Life lesson from a twisted tree Cool Trees, Weird Trees, Juniper Tree, Bristlecone Pine, Amazing Trees, Twisted Tree, Lovely As A Tree, Image Nature, Old Tree

"The twisted tree lives its life, while the right tree ends up as planks." "... paraphrased from the Book of Chuang Tzu, the second major text of Taoism. Taoism is a critique of the more mainstream ideals of Confucianism. In the original text the twisted tree story has less to do with “individualism” and more to do with Taoism’s rejection of duality. The twisted tree is so useless that it’s useful, because it’s the only tree left to offer shade after all the others are cut down. Ergo, the…

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