A remarkable tree defies its fate. Photo by Julia Babkina

I passed by a tree today that has seen me at least a thousand times, but I hadn’t really noticed it until today.

It’s limbs were, to use a pun, truncated, leaving a sinewy form. Did the property owners know it would survive? I don’t know, but today I noticed new branches growing from its stubs.

Like nerve sells regenerating, this tree defies its fate and seems to be saying- you may cut me down,…

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