Vi diskuterede hvor længe det mon havde groet der og undrede os over hvordan det havde overlevet sommeren 2018, der jo var lang, varm og tør. Og vi fantaserede om venlige togmænd, der delte deres vandflasker med det stakkels træ.
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Some time ago, we noticed this tree. It sure was defiantly growing on top of a stop-thingie at the end of a train track at the train-station in Hillerød. We talked about this growing tree, how old it might be, and how it survived the very hot and dry Summer of 2018, and had different solutions, including kind train persons sharing their water bottles with the poor, thirsty tree.
I dag skulle vi så igen med toget, og skulle selvfølgelig lige kigge til det trodsige træ. Men det havde fået en ulykkelig ende med det. Nogen ... vandaler eller måske en sur banemand ... havde knækket træet over helt nede ved bommen.
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Today we once again passed this tree, and of course we had to check on the defiant tree, to see how it thrived.
But it had come to a sad ending for the defiantly growing tree. Somebody, either a scoundrel or an angry train person, had broken off the tree at its base.
Og sådan endte endn et trodsigt træ sit liv.
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And this was the end of another defiant tree.
How much do you want to bet that it will try to grow back? And even if it does not, another will. The fact is, life will grow no matter how we try to stop it, that's one thing i've learned from trying to get rid of trees here that we just cannot keep.
SvarSletAs the killer of a zillion or more minature ash trees every year I tend to agree - you can't keep them down. I sure hope this one will grow back. As we pass this place every Sunday, I'll look for progress.
SletI love defiant plants (though not so much in my own garden). My father was immensely proud of his wisteria. It grew for over thirty years over the carport and attached workshop. When the house was sold after my mother's death the block was leveled and a McMansion put in its place. Driving past I noticed (and smiled) that the wisteria was cracking the concrete in their new driveway in its thrust to the light.
SvarSletI hope your defiant tree (or its cousins) is equally resilient.
Agree on both accounts. The defiant plants, I love best aslo do not grow in my garden.
SletHooray for defiant wisteria, it is such a happy plant, I hope it thrives and that the new inhabitants will come to appreciate your fathers gift.
Amazing how resilient Nature is! I saw something similar to your tree-in-a-roadblock last year near my place of work in the middle of downtown - a tree in a crack of a wall of a building, two stories above ground. I must look today when I go to work to see if it leafed out again this year. Maybe I need to post about it!
SvarSletSounds interesting. I'd love to hear about your defiant tree.
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