Burned Cherry Tree

This is our cherry tree, our single pride and joy in the garden. On Black Saturday, that terrible day, it was burned across the canopy by the sun’s rays; testament to the heat which triggered the catastrophic bushfires. As you can see underneath, our azaleas are almost dead, too. The azaleas that aren’t in the photo have definitely died.

Regrowth

Yet, the cherry tree hasn’t given up. It will go on. New shoots come through where the old will soon fall in the natural occasion, and castings, of autumn. I feel relieved. Solaced.

And thankful.

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity