Thought to be near 1000 years old, this massive Live Oak overlooks an old rice field impoundment at Middleton Place. Imagine what it has witnessed.
A sundial placed near the massive tree marks time in a different way.
Oldest Tree, Middleton Place
Thought to be near 1000 years old, this massive Live Oak overlooks an old rice field impoundment at Middleton Place. Imagine what it has witnessed.
A sundial placed near the massive tree marks time in a different way.
The idea that a thousand years went by without someone trying to hurt the tree is truly amazing. Living proof that humans can show restraint when they choose to. What a beautiful witness.
I stand as witness
humans choosing self-restraint —
a thousand years pass.
If only they could tell a few stories
Love this dual marking of time, or is it triple? .. if the water over the edge actually flows then it’s like “as time goes by” 😀
Yes it is triple, Liz! There is moving water that ebbs and flows.
There are actually two bodies of water in the picture. The more obvious water is a pond. If you zoom in you can see there is a dike at the back side of the pond and a narrow strip of the Ashley River is visible just beyond that. The pond was man-made along the edge of the river, which is tidal, to grow rice. Enslaved people provided the labor, all witnessed by this tree.
I love old trees, and do wonder what they’ve seen and heard in all their years.
Yes, and how particular ones have survived storms and human intervention!