"But Only God Can Make a Tree" by drag

Photography • Landscape • posted on Oct 25, 2008

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This tree stands at Madrona Point here on Orcas. This land belongs to the Lummi Tribe. The Lummi were forcibly moved to reservation lands after the signing of the Point Elliott Treaty in 1855. The reservation has a land area of 54.378 km² (20.996 sq mi), which includes the Lummi Peninsula, and uninhabited Portage Island. In pre-Colonial times, the tribe migrated seasonally between many sites including Point Roberts, Washington, Lummi Peninsula, Portage Island, as well as sites in the San Juan Islands, including Sucia Island. Many tribal members were Christianised in the late Nineteenth Century by the Catholic Oblate order. The traditional lifestyle of the Lummi, like many Northwest Coast tribes, consisted of the collecting of shellfish, gathering of plants such as Camas and different species of berries, and most importantly involved the fishing of salmon. The Lummi developed a fishing technique known as "reef netting". Reef netting was used for taking large quantities of fish in salt water. Lummi had reef net sets on Orcas Island, San Juan Island, Lummi Island and Fidalgo Island, Portage Island and near Point Roberts and Sandy Point. From July 30th to August 4th 2007, the Lummi hosted their first potlatch since the 1930s, the Paddle to Lummi. 68 canoeing families paddled hand-made canoes to the Lummi Reservation from parts of Washington and British Columbia. Hope you enjoy the information and the shot.

Thanks for stopping by..Take care:0)bonita

Comments (29)

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elisheba

12:24PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

And only a gifted eye could capture its beauty this way... Great shot.

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CliffBowles

12:32PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Absolutely stunning well done

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flora-crassella

12:33PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

this tree is really wonderful! Very beautiful photo!!!!

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awjay

12:39PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

super image

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MrsRatbag

12:42PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Such a lovely capture; the colors are luminous!

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busi2ness

12:43PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Interesting facts and a magnificent tree indeed. I love those colors.

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GBCalls

12:49PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Enjoyed them both. Well done

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EmeraldElf

1:12PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Fantastic photo!I love tree.

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Flannelman

1:55PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Yeppers I think you got this one, nice bio 2 ;-)

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Mousson

2:09PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Excellent colors and light !!!

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rainbows

2:24PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Such a beautiful strong tree, dear Bonita. In her Autumn, cloak. Hugs, Di. xx

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marybelgium

2:27PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

superbe !

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durleybeachbum

2:32PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

A superb pic, even better that yesterdays!

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G_Mansco

3:48PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Love it, wonderful Autumn colours ;O)

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jocko500

6:00PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

that is very good imformtion. and love the tree too. wonderful shot

Charberry

7:47PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Beautiful! Only God can make a blade of grass, too. ;c) Excellent image.

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Richardphotos

9:51PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

gorgeous tree and the history is superb.

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three_grrr

10:41PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Both shots of this marvelous what looks to be a chestnut tree are fabulous! Most of the American Chestnut trees on the eastern side of the states were wiped out by a blight in the early 1900s or so, I think it was believed to have inadvertantly been brought in from Asia, and it spread pretty fast destroying a tree that once was seen all over the eastern part of the US. There's a program that is trying to bring the American Chestnut back by cross breeding with a Chinese variant that is resistant to this blight. Apparently very labor intensive as it involves back crossing with the American Chestnut many times until all the Chinese Chestnut characteristics except the resistance to blight are bred out.

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ledwolorz

11:22PM | Sat, 25 October 2008

Wonderful Autumn photo.

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Susank

2:18AM | Sun, 26 October 2008

Lovely yellow tree. I like the light and the old tree is gorgeous.

lucindawind

1:08PM | Sun, 26 October 2008

sucha wondrful tree .. beautiful autumn colours

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mermaid

4:55PM | Sun, 26 October 2008

thanks for the information and this fine shot Bonita

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TomDart

6:57AM | Mon, 27 October 2008

Beautiful and good choice for LWITG

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bentchick

3:19PM | Mon, 27 October 2008

Beautiful!!! Congrats on LWITG!

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kasalin

10:47PM | Mon, 27 October 2008

Outstanding wonderful capture, excellent shot and beautiful colours !!! Hugs !!!!

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GiMi53

3:18PM | Sun, 02 November 2008

Finally this week-end I find some time to comment some images missed in the past weeks… Great colors ! Thanks for the highly interesting narrative ! Congratulations, Bonita for your selection in LWitG (Last Week in the Gallery – week 43-2008 ) !