For Becca’s Sunday Tree Challenge, I have these photos of a very old tree we saw in the Plaza Francia whilst on a free walking tour of Buenos Aires.
I was intrigued by the mysterious figurine standing just inside the base of the trunk. I wonder who put it there, and why. I guess I’ll never know.
Happy Sunday to you all. 🙂
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Wow…that is intriguing…
It sparked my curiosity, too. Couldn’t find anything about it on Google. xx
Interesting!!
Thanks, Hannah. 🙂
Wonderful photograph, Sylvia.
If you have an opportunity to go to Fort Myers, there’s a Ford Museum that has a tree with roots as large as these. It’s a great muesum too.
Izzy 😎
Yes, we’ve been to Fort Myers twice and have seen that tree. 🙂
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If only the little figurine could tell the story.
So treemendous!
😆 Thanks, Fi.
Now that’s some tree, Sylvia, and the statuette adds an air of mystery. It could be a shrine of sorts, as someone mentioned, or, someone with a devilish streak put it there just to mess with us. 😀
Yes, quite some tree. I like the idea that someone might have put it there just for fun. 🙂 btw….those Muscovys just showed up again.
Extremely inquisitive to be sure. I adore that tree. It would appear that a tree to be loaded with enchanted pixies..
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Thanks, Mona Lisa. If there were any pixies, my camera didn’t pick them up. 🙂
wow!! there is an alien quality to this old tree!!
Yes, there most certainly is, Cybele. 🙂
Weird. Maybe it wood be treetment by someone with a twisted sense of humour?
Hahaha. Very good, Col. 🙂
veramente incredibili le contorsioni e gli intrecci che sanno creare gli alberi, questi sono veramente maestosi
felice sera Sylvia xx
I agree with you. Good thing we don’t grow up full of such twisty bits. 🙂 xx
I think I like it but it’s rather strange!
That’s how I felt. 😃
Very curious indeed. I love that tree. It looks like a tree to be filled with magical fairies. Maybe they put the trinket there to guard their home? Snorts – a pig has a very vivid imagination as you can read ❤ XOXO – Bacon
The possibilities are endless, dear Bacon. Dream on! 😘
Oh, you are like me, Sylvia! I am a toss up between curious and nosy. Now, we may be detectives but this will undoubtedly remain a mysterious figurine. It is a puzzling choice. If I were leaving one, I would look for a squirrel, rabbit or other creature. . .
Trees fascinate me in their growth and patterns, bark, leaves, stems and roots! 🙂 This one is beautiful.
Thanks so much, Robin. I’m always curious about strange things I see. I agree that this is really beautiful.
The statue certainly gives perspective on the height & wide of the tree …. Enormous!
Yes, it really does, Gerrie. I was ginormous. 🙂
Love the tree. The statue makes me laugh. 🙂
janet
Thanks, Janet. It looks like a Ken angel holding a Barbie.
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This wounded tree is beautiful. Perhaps the figure was put there to help it heal. Thank you for sharing its grandeur and soul 💛
Thanks, Val. What a lovely thought.
How beautiful
Thanks, Lisa. 😘
Good spotting. We have similar trees here with large aerial root systems. They are fig trees.
Thanks, Carol. Yes, we get trees from the Ficus family in South Africa and also here in Florida.
OMG , never seen such trees before…..
Wonderful images!
Thanks so much, Anna. 🙂
Old trees are very beautiful and can told us a interesting story
Yes, I agree with you, Marylou. 🙂
quite fabulous, I absolutely love old trees and trunks and roots like this, to think that so many trees are centuries old and more, incredible really.
Yes, I find old trees so fascinating, just thinking of what they’ve seen during their lifetime.
What a stunning tree. It must be very old.
Yes, I’m sure it was very old indeed.
I wonder if the figurine is a ‘geocache’. Interesting tree!
Interesting theory, Ingrid. I hadn’t thought of that possibility.
Interesting story behind I’m sure 🙂
I agree, Andy. I’m always curious. 😃
As am I 😀
Besonders
Dankie, Tina. 🙂
What a beautiful tree, Sylvia. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Jill. Glad you enjoyed seeing it. 😘
Nice photos. In Laos and Sri Lanka one often sees little biddha sculpture figurines in trees, crearing shrines, especially the sacred Bodhi tree.
Peta
Thanks, Pera. Do you think that this is a Bodhi tree?