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To Richard Butler,

Was it the back cover of "Self Portrait?"

Dylan was standing in a high valley covered with naked trees, wearing half a beard and a white shirt with the top button done up. Those trees have indelibly stained me!

They are (for me) a bit like “treeness” in Dylan's world. I'm pretty sure that if I saw them without the man himself, I would immediately recognise them. (well maybe anyway)

I'm putting a blog thing together around the “essence” of tree

///// In your minds eye what is a tree like

This one ?

I have always loved this painting by John Nash.
It reminds me of my youth somehow. And manages to convey what a photograph never could.

Thanks for these three images and words Richard.

In the house where I grew up , we had a beautiful oak tree at the bottom of our garden.
It left a big impression on me as I saw it daily. It looked something like this one.

From Chris Hazelwoods garden

From Susan Thomas garden

Chris

Sue

Rob H

Ty Canol woods (not far from where I live now), I absolutely love bluebells. I think my love of the bluebell wood goes back to my childhood when I was lucky that we had bluebell woods just behind our house in Machen, and I was lucky enough to play there when I was a child and fantastic walks later on. When I go I leave the location Machen, Ty Canol or Dinas Head to practicalities but put me with the bluebells .

Susan Thomas