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May 29, 2014 by tomdalzell

From a tree hanging….

A song to listen to with this post?  The two songs that I can think of that speak of things hanging from a tree are too morose (“Tom Dooley“) or grim (“Strange Fruit”).  For this reason, the Tone Police have declared – no song.

Self-indulgent anecdote to accompany this post?  When I was a boy, we had an Easter tree.  My mother cut still dormant forsythia branches.  Once in the heat of the indoors, they budded and bloomed for Easter.  From the branches she hung hollowed-out eggs that were painted and embellished with ribbon and braiding.  She cut out a window into the egg and created small scenes inside with porcelain baby animals, flowers, bushes, etc.  It was magical.

And also magical are the several dozen trees scattered around Berkeley with objects hung from the branches.  The big enchiladas in my book are on Colusa and Hillegass:

1118 Colusa

1118 Colusa

2811 Hillegass

2811 Hillegass

There are many more, perhaps not as spectacular or professional artistic, but quirky all the same:

2219 Marin

2219 Marin

1720 King

1720 King

1718 Virginia

1718 Virginia

1545 Acton

1545 Acton

1479 Lincoln

1479 Lincoln

911 Channing

911 Channing

1222 Evelyn

1222 Evelyn

1230 Monterey

1230 Monterey

1360 Delaware

1360 Delaware

1421 Ada

1421 Ada

1553 Beverly

1553 Beverly

1646 5th

1646 5th

1725 9th

1725 9th

1914 Woolsey

1914 Woolsey

3217 San Pablo

3217 San Pablo

2324 Valley

2324 Valley

2234 Browning

2234 Browning

2224 Spaulding

2224 Spaulding

2743 Woolsey

2743 Woolsey

2248 Summer

2248 Summer

1143 Spruce

1143 Spruce

1008 Euclid

1008 Euclid

834 Santa Barbara

834 Santa Barbara

680 Peralta

680 Peralta

704 Wodhaven

704 Wodhaven

My friend was immersed in learning shorthand when I went to show him these photographs.

Speed writingHe was having a had time and only too happy to stop and look at pictures of weird things hanging from trees.  His opinion of them?

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