this tree has seen a lot of love
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“fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
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I did that once in a London park. I was 15, and had my first serious girlfriend. I often wonder if it is still on the tree there. :)
Best wishes, Pete.
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it does make you wonder…
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Sweet. Though the tree may be thinking differently about being carved with a sharp object 😅
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yes, true
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This was my thought exactly Sadje 😂
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🥰
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Brings to mind the story of The Giving Tree: the things that gave the tree joy…
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Lots and lots of love!
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Absolutely
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I wonder if anyone has studied whether creating overt symbols of togetherness like those on the tree made the couples any more likely than average to stay together.
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I know that archeologists studied the graffiti in Pompeii and it gave them a new layer of insight into ancient Romans’ time. Makes one wonder what folks will make of our graffiti in a couple millennia?
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interesting
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It would be interesting to seec
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I wonder how old that tree is.
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It looks like it’s been around a long time
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I thought so. Pretty interesting that that tree was chosen by so many people.
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I has pretty branches that hang down all around it, kind of like an umbrella, and you can go up under it. my class loves to play there and call it the secret tree.
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How wonderful to teach the kids to love trees! That is so good for them.
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yes, I think so, too
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I’m glad it’s still showing its tough skin, Beth!
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Me too!
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Oh, wow, indeed. But I don’t know if the tree appreciated the consequences scratched into his bark.
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Excellent point
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That looks like some of the desktops I had in school.
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Oh, right!
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I’m not sure I ever carved my initials in a tree. I probably worried it would hurt it.
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I can understand that
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I did this once when I was about 10, on a tree in the middle of a grove of aspen. I imagine the area was subsequently developed and the tree is long gone.
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It would be cool to find your old tree
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More than once, when I’ve been in the area, I’ve thought about looking for it.
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Hooray for love; hooray for trees. Not far from here there is still a tree with Lewis’s & Clark’s names carved on it.
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Wow!
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It certainly is. Covered in Love <3
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That it is
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Their declaration will last as long as the tree does.
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That’s right
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Symbols of love…surely reflecting etchings made on each other’s hearts as well as the tree.💓
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Yes, I think so
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Wow. That tree must hurt from all the engraving done on it’s bark.
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It’s a lot
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Sweet!
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Only once did I carve initials on a tree with a girl. Twenty months later we were married.
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Sweet!
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Thanks for sharing this idea on this tree Anita
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❤️
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What an absolutely magnificent quote. It reminded me of a quote from The Little Prince: “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: I is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
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yes
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That Wordsworth. ❤️
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you know….
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Too bad we can’t find out how many of those worked out.
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it would be interesting to know –
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A lot of love, but not really good for the tree. Hope the love was long lasting though. ❤️
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a good point, not as good for the tree as those couples perhaps, taking away some of it’s own protections
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Yes, the tree has seen a lot of love. It immediately reminded me of Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate. That tree, Red is his name, must have looked much the same.
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oh, yes. I love that book.
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😍
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The things we used to do!
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Right)
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