“Ester asked why people are sad.
“That’s simple,” says the old man. “They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people’s ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”
― Paulo Coelho
In 2015, we were in Hong Kong during the Holiday season. VT was there for work and I was visiting. I had never seen a city so beautifully decorated for Christmas. The shops were lit, the streets were welcoming and at every nook, there was a Christmas Tree.
This tree was the biggest that I had seen that season and was in the Ocean Park. Today’s edition is the last of the year and I want to leave you with wishes for a great 2020. I am grateful that through #ThursdayTreeLove, I know you all. My heart is full.
Thursday Tree love is a photo feature on this blog hosted on 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. The next edition will be the first of 2020 and will go live on January 9, 2020. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog and link it back to this post.
If you don’t see the pingback, please leave a link to your post in my comments section. Please make sure that your post’s link is showing up on this latest edition. I will link your posts on my blog in the next edition and spread some love. Let’s come together to appreciate the beautiful nature around us.
Before you go, don’t forget to check the lovely trees shared on #ThursdayTreeLove – 77:
- Shalini shares a cluster of Peepal trees from Jahapanah city forest in New Delhi, India
- Soumys shares a (temple) tree from Bangalore, India and calls her Heer
- Archana shares and old Bougainvilla and a Monstera who have found home on a Neem tree
- Angela shares a huge tree from the Cubbon Park in Bangalore, India
- Alana joins us with the contrasting looks of trees after Sunrise and Sunset from upstate New York
- Ramya joins with a tree surrounded by snow from her part of the world
- JoAnna shares a perspective and a green tree trunk from near the Linville River, North Carolina
- Esha joins with a Cherry tree from Kyoto, Japan
- Priya joins (for the first time) with trees from Johannesberg
- Lin shares five different trees from the Kasugai Japanese Garden in Kelowna, Canada
- Ramya shares a big tree from a village Shilimb in Maharastra, India
- Mali joins us with a blooming Pohutukawa tree from Wellington, New Zealand
- Ken shares a tree devoid of leaves shaped like a Dragon from Gors Fawr, Wales
- Rita shares a pink Christmas (artificial) Tree from her part of the world
- Pragun joins with the Fir species from her part of the world
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Wow what a beautiful Christmas tree and the quote is so meaningful and inspiring. Thanks for sharing. Here’s my link: https://livealifeofgratitude.blogspot.com/2019/12/tree-love-71.html?m=1
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Thanks Angela! 🙂
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what a wonderful quote from Paulo Cohelo. I’m impressed with what it tries to impress upon all of us. So true…we are prisoners of our experiences, memories, and thoughts!
Thanks for hosting and connecting everyone through TTL! Hope 2020 is awesome for you.
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Thanks, Arvind. Wishing you a lovely 2020 too. See you around.
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Christmas trees are gorgeous, aren’t they? 🙂
Here’s my final TT post for this year: http://www.lifeofleo.in/2019/12/inaya-thursdaytreelove-9.html
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They are. Thanks, Soumya!
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I just spotted a very pretty Christmas tree made entirely of planters of poinsetta – the idea was to save a tree and just present the idea of an Xmas tree- it was huge and just gorgeous – I didnt click its pic as there were just too many people about for me to take a good pic. This tree reminded me of that and I just have to say that there is something warm and pleasing about such a tree on Xmas!! It reflects so much love and warmth of the season!!
Happy to be with you on the last edition of the blog hop for 2019 and see you in 2020. Wish you a very happy new year and loads of blessings for the times ahead XOXO
My post for today – https://www.shalzmojo.in/2019/12/thursdaytreelove-rosy-pink-lanterns-of-the-flame-gold-tree/
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Wow! That must have been lovely, Shalini! It’s okay if you couldn’t click a picture. Sometimes I feel clicking a picture feels like a task when I can soak it all in only by admiring 🙂
Thanks for joining!
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Joining up this week with my own Christmas trees.
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Lovely! Looking forward to reading your post.
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Your quote made me wistful – I did lose my dreams, and, recently, I realized I needed to retrieve them. We are all prisoners of our experiences. Here’s my contribution: https://ramblinwitham.blogspot.com/2019/12/peaceful-sunset-thursdaytreelove.html
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Hugs Alana. It’s never late to go back to retrieve your dreams. Happy new year to you and may you retrieve your dreams this year.
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May we always remember our best dreams and carry them into the new year! Here’s my tree love post about parking lot trees and mistletoe: https://joannaoftheforest.wordpress.com/2019/12/26/thursday-tree-love-with-haiku-parking-lot-trees-reveal-sunshine-and-secrets/
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Hope we all do that, JoAnna. Thank you!
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Though provoking quote which everyone can relate to in varying degrees, but apt for new beginnings! Lovely pic which is apt too 🙂
Grateful to have found your linky this year 🙂
Here’s my entry for this edition os Thursday Tree Love – https://softypinkngloriousred.wordpress.com/2019/12/26/thursday-tree-love/
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Thank you, Priya! I am glad you did 🙂
Happy New Year.
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That was a wonderful quote. Happy holiday season Parul. Here is my entry:
https://www.fantasticfeathers.in/2019/12/trees-that-look-like-upside-down-paint.html?m=1
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Thanks, Ramya! Hope you had a great start to 2020.
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Oh no! Did I forget to link up the last time? That makes me sad. Here’s the link from Dec 18th. https://iamchandralynn.com/2019/12/18/oh-christmas-tree-wordlesswednesday/.
I had planned to get out to the tinsel trail and share this year’s trees today, but I won’t get to them till the weekend, so here’s a post with some pics from the Christmas tree on display at our university’s Christmas party: https://iamchandralynn.com/2019/12/18/oh-christmas-tree-wordlesswednesday/.
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Oops…I meant, December 12 post.
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Something strange is going on with my comments. My first one did not appear. I lamented that I must have forgotten to provide link for my first December tree love post. Now, I see I probably did share it, but the comment didn’t post. Anyway, here’s the link for my Dec 12 tree love: https://iamchandralynn.com/2019/12/12/thursdaytreelove-naked-tree-and-first-snow/
And for today’s I’m sharing a post from our faculty and staff Christmas party–shots of the Christmas tree. I’d intended to capture some live trees from our local tinsel trail, but I probably won’t get to that till the weekend, so here goes… https://iamchandralynn.com/2019/12/18/oh-christmas-tree-wordlesswednesday/
Merry Christmas!
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I am sorry with the comment troubles. I wonder why that is happening. 😦
I linked up both the posts now. Thank you Chandra. Hope you had a good Christmas and a great start to 2020.
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I was in a dilemma about which tree to post. 🙂 I wrote a few paras about one, only to realize i had taken pics only of its branches. 🙂 But we’re never short on trees, are we? So like last time, I just clubbed it with the gratitude circle post. Thank you so much for hosting this Parul. I always have a wonderful feeling about it, whether or not I participate.
That quote at the beginning of your post is just so beautiful. The tree is fantastic. Almost looks like it is made of chocolate. Hugs!
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Yes, never short of trees Vidya.. Thank you for encouraging and joining. Means a lot to have you here. I loved your tree. The yellow was gorgeous.
Hugs and love, Vidya!
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And…. I forgot to add my link https://vidyasury.com/2019/12/life-happens-coffee-helps.html
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You got it! 🙂
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Such a lovely tree! Seasons greetings to all TTL bloggers and wish you all a ‘tree’mendous 2020! Lovely thoughts Parul… Here is my post https://yenforblue.blogspot.com/2019/12/success-thursdaytreelove.html
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Thank you, Archana! Wish you a happy 2020 and a tree-mendous at that 🙂 Always happy to see you here.
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Seasonal Greetings. Here’s my entry
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To you too, Lin! Happy to see you here 🙂
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A perfect post for the season. I’m late again, but better late than never. (I hope that doesn’t become a regular refrain!) Here’s mine:
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it’s okay, Mali. I am happy to have you when ever you get a chance. Thanks for joining!
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Very suitable for this season. Here is my entry – https://ramyatantry.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/a-bare-tree-hauntingly-beautiful/
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Thanks, Ramya! 🙂
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Love that huge tree! Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2020/01/01/heres-wishing-you-a-bright-2020/
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Thank you, Rita!
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