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I almost got whacked by a tree!<\/p>\n

There was no good reason why a I should hear a crackling crescendo from a large branch shearing from our backyard tree when I looked up on that clear, beautiful, 70 degree, slight-breeze, sunny-spring day. It was cool air more than a breeze, a picture perfect day. I decided to finally plant the plants that I had bought 3 days before. I was finally filling the pot by our tree with a fairly large caladium so it would show where a clematis used to be in that shady spot. I heard the cracking and thought, “what’s going on at the neighbors?” Then, when I looked up, the cracking was a large tree branch breaking. I saw it in slow motion fall and the sheared edge came directly toward my face. I couldn’t move. I was pinned between the table, tree and pot at the corner of the garage. I had to move forward to get out and that would be moving in the direction of the falling limb. I put my hands up and got ready to crouch. The tree limb landed on our garage roof. The branches bounced when hitting 3 neighbors’ power, telephone and cable wires (including ours) that formed a net underneath. Amazingly, nothing snapped. The wires are still holding up the tree. When I looked up the sheared base of the limb was 2 feet away from my head. Our outside lights averted a break again. The base is resting directly on them.<\/p>\n

\"Plant_AIE\"<\/a>
The caladium I was planting and getting ready to remove the bird’s nest when….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tree<\/a>
…this cracked and fell right above me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Full<\/a>This is the second time a limb has broken after we’ve already had the tree cabled and pruned. That was\u00a0 a few weeks before my son’s wedding just after we had hung the patio lights. Only 2 bulbs broke but the wire never did.,<\/p>\n

Although I was sitting in the back room when that larger tree branch fell on the roof (which we ended up having to replace) @ 2am, this recent break was much more scary. There was a flash where I thought this could be it. I can only say it must have been by the grace of God that it didn’t hit me.<\/p>\n

This brush with fate made me think of a more beautiful rendition of a tree with Emma Hack’<\/a>s brushwork. The female is camouflaged by the artwork. The tree envelops her.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a>I thought I’d turn this frightening experience into an enlightening Zen moment — to be in the moment, peaceful surrounded by Nature’s beauty and profoundness.<\/p>\n

Emma Hack’ artwork has all of these attributes. Click link <\/a>for previous post.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a>
Being in awe of the beauty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Emma<\/a>
Being brushed with Nature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Emma<\/a>
Being Zen – One with Nature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And being thankful that I wasn’t actually whacked by a tree!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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