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The Seasonal Trees
These are seasonal trees.
The High Priest
A dead tree.
His real name has been forgotten. He is frozen in exaltation.
More on The High Priest.
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Pippin
A linden tree.
You remember this tree.
The rope of the tire-swing left rug burns on your hands when they were smaller and not yet callused.
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Stonton
An autumn redwood.
He celebrates the changing seasons.
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Gale
A beech tree.
It is certainly almost nothing like a deer. And yet...
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Baba
The oldest mulberry tree ever.
Her name is short for
Babushka, which is Russian for grandma.
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Jester
It is winter. She is one of the oldest trees.
Fogel
A white oak.
He collects many kinds of birds as friends.
His name is Swedish for 'bird'.
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Amos
A very old poplar.
He's seen all there is to see.
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Jasper
A sweet gum tree.
What one might find in an enchanted forest.
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Harper
A magnolia. My favorite tree species.
It is spring, finally.
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Barclay
It is spring.
Pauline
A pine.
What a fine tutu these pine boughs make!
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Umma and Dancing-Bean
An oak and little pine tree.
Nothing is better than dancing with grandma.
Coco
A juniper bonsai tree.
Sonja
A rosewood tree.
Picture a rosebush that got a bit out of hand. Now picture her ice-dancing.
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Hortense
A magnolia.
Melinda
An oak.
She's holding an acorn out.
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Montreal
Winter.
Natalia
A ballerina
Judith
A magnolia.
August
Brother to Autumn
Autumn
Sister to August
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