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palm tree

Dreaming of flying away

Palm-tree: single-legged giant,  topping other trees,  peering at the firmament –  It longs to pierce the black cloud-ceiling  and fly away, away, … – from Palm Tree by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 […]

Exiled

It wav’d not thro’ an Eastern sky, Beside a fount of Araby; It was not fann’d by southern breeze In some green isle of Indian seas, … But fair the exil’d […]

Crimson Fronds

On a wet and stormy Florida evening, this palm tree brought a very warm and welcoming feel to the seafront in St Petersburg. Linked to Ruby Tuesday.

P is for… Palm Nuts

The palm nuts, the fruit of the palm tree, is a much coveted food item for many of the animal inhabitants of Africa, especially during the dry season, when grasses […]