Saturday, July 12, 2008

Grandfather Cottonwood Tree Stilling Giving Shade after 100 Years


Along the banks of a stream that flows out of Big Cottonwood Canyon stands a cottonwood tree that for over 100 years has provided shade to everyone lucky enough to live near its branches.

It draws nourishment from the stream that flows nearby.

In the spring, feathery pillows of cottonwood seeds waft in the wind, and seedy cottonballs lighter than air mount as winds swirl, or cars drive by.

For those who are visual, cottonwood seeds swirl together like the dandylion seeds in the movie Spiderwick Chronicles. They join hands like fairies to form cotton rings.

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