It takes a long time for a tree to grow and no time at all to cut one down!

I'm a tree lover!

Here's one example and here's another!

Do You Like Discovering Trees That Have Been Saved?

Sometimes you see trees that are so appreciated that people go to great lengths to co-exist with them even in urban settings. I saw such a tree in the courtyard of a municipal building in Tenerife.

Look at the way that the paving stones have been cut to go around this trees roots!

He's a rather gnarled old fellow but still, why cut the poor guy down. He's adding interest, shade and a much needed thing called oxygen!

This last example is from the city of Lugano Switzerland. The photo is circa 1941 and when they put in the street car line, after much debate and controversy they went around this giant Sequoia. It's still there today and it was a great act to have saved it! Photo credit: e-pics.ethz.ch

Here's a photo of @lelabird60 giving it a big hug just before we registered it at monumentaltrees.com

Here's Our Little 5 SBD Contest!

• In the comments put a picture of a tree that has been saved by building around it!
• There will be three prizes of 3 SBD, 2 SBD and 1 SBD and who knows maybe more because the Old Dog like to give!
• You can submit your photos until this post pays out
• Feel free to create a post but put the picture here in the comments as well.
• Please use the tag "savedtrees"

I hope that you enjoyed this article "Tree Tuesday, Getting to The Root of The Problem With 5 SBD in Prizes!"

Until next time,

@kus-knee (The Old Dog)