Friday, February 8, 2013

Pineapple Trees

When I was eight or nine, my dad was hired to build  a house in Florida for my Godfather.  
Dad left early fall, with the plan being; mom would take my brother and me at Christmas time. 
 We traveled by train..(that's another blog) 
As we neared our destination I noticed the Palm trees; and in my excited loud little girl voice I wanted to make sure my mother saw them too. 
 So I announced, "Mom, look at the Pineapple trees!"  Everyone on the train was laughing at me.  
How was I to know what they were! 
I was just a little bumpkin from Wisconsin!!!  

Today I went out to photograph the palm trees.  They are so different from any type of tree in Wisconsin.  
I hope you enjoy the photos!!

















And that's the way it is..................

19 comments:

  1. truly not what we grew up with. :)

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  2. I remember being laughed at for something I thought made perfect sense. I felt stung/mortified.

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  3. They are truly original. I think they are so pretty, and staying green all the time is so neat.
    This reminded me of my post today "retarded" grandparents. Children, like you say the cutest things!

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  4. Beautiful. There is something wonderful about the variety of plants. Maybe it should tell us something about the variety of people and how, perhaps, things were meant to be.

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  5. Thanks for these awesome pics. Very interesting.

    I'm taking an extended break from posting on my blog, but I'll still be checking in with you.

    Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

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  6. amazing photos, great shots and i love all palm trees. we have all of this in our yard, i have taken so many photos of these same things i love the seed pods... i love riding trains to and spent my child hood riding them from Savannah to Bradenton several times a year

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  7. Palm trees are wonderful to photograph. Their geometric shapes just beg to to framed!

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  8. I feel warmer and less snowy after that! Thanks for the photos..I loved them. Winter Storm Nemo is headed our way..going to the grocery store later today:)

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  9. Once again, your photos are gorgeous!
    Peace,
    Muff

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  10. They remind me of Florida...come to think of it...they really do look like a pineapple tree! Lol. Thanks always for your nice comments. I guess being diabetic doesn't help whenever I get sick...getting this flu was all I needed to put me down and into bed! Hope you are enjoying your time away from home. Have fun and keep safe!

    Warm Regards,
    Loretta

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  11. Very cool images.....it looks so warm and sunny there!

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  12. Lovely images. It pays to stop and look closely at all of the beautiful things in our world!

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  13. from first blossom to full fan, beautiful. Thank you for showing this wonderful tree, your Pineapple Palm tree. And you are so right, there is no tree in WI so showstopping except our Maples in the fall. Have a wonderful time there for it is getting nasty with heavy wet snow here at home. Please show us more tropicals...just to spoil us.
    BlessYa

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  14. Those are great photos, and how nice to see something that isn't coated in white....

    I know quit complaining...I'm not, it's just so good to see green.

    Jen

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  16. I love the way you can take the ordinary and turn it into art with your camera....you live in a happy world. :)

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  18. Well, Muffy, they DO look like pineapples! You were a smart little girl!

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