{"id":95233,"date":"2020-05-19T17:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=95233"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:08:21","slug":"tree-ballet-performance-for-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=95233","title":{"rendered":"tree ballet performance for one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a view from the garden office, lying on the pink divan found at the Long Beach flea market (remember those?), which we keep covered in a painter&#8217;s tarp, this clear blustery day is orchestrating a magnificent performance out of the garden.    The cypresses contribute deep, side-to-side, majestic swaying movements, while the acacia&#8217;s small leaves ripple like water until a really big gust hits, then a branch jumps out of the chorus and begins an electrifying improv solo.  The tetrapanax&#8217;s leaves manically fan up and down in an obsequious bit of comedy, and the whole garden surges and shudders and shimmies, and sometimes even in unison.  I don&#8217;t usually catch this wind-driven ballet because I&#8217;m rarely lying on the divan in the office mid-day.   That I&#8217;m doing so today is completely due to an emergency abdominal surgery over the weekend.   During several movements of the tree ballet I wanted to jump up and grab a camera, take a video, but jumping up to do anything is out of the question for now.  So I&#8217;ll be lying even lower &#8212; however impossible that sounds! &#8212; for a few weeks.  Take care out there! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2j93hHw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49974092792_58d3928e49_z.jpg\" alt=\"i-2QZjW8F-X3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>This photo Mitch took at the Central Coast has nothing to do with this post other than I think that&#8217;s a Monterey Cypress center of the photo and I always wonder will my lemon cypresses do that too someday? 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