The Tree Of My Childhood

bluemoon (70) in photography • 6 years ago

I remember my childhood and my grandparents' house. That's where I spent the most beautiful moments in my life. When life does not mean worries, problems and obligations. When I did not know how hard it was to assure the need for existence.

I only had two worries: to run all day with friends on hills and forests and eat from time to time.

One month ago my mother died, my grandmother died twenty years ago. I went for the funeral in the little town I grew up in, at my grandmother and mother's house. Now is my brother's house, a big one that replaced the little house I grew up in.

Almost nothing is the way I remember. In front of the house was a big tree that I loved a lot. A rare tree, didn't have anyone else as around us.

In Romanian it was called Malin. I don't know the English name. The Latin name is Padus avium.

Unfortunately, he is no longer in front of the house. He died long ago.

Last days I had a very big surprise. In Iasi, the city where I live for a few months, I saw a tree in a park near my home. I was shocked! I felt away from the unmistakable fragrance of the flowers. In fact, flowers are the special part of this tree. Blooms in early spring.

The tree looks like a huge bush, filled with white flowers that you think is covered with snow. Overall it is not very spectacular. The perfume of the flowers is spectacular and I'm sorry I can not show it here.

A few words about this tree so special. It is easily recognizable due to the white flowers, grouped in salmon-like inflorescence and with a pleasant and penetrating odor. Malin is also appreciated as an ornamental tree being grown in gardens and parks due to the shape of the crown and the strongly aromatic flowers.

Malin is a medicinal tree. From Malin can be used fruits that are consumed in juices or processed into pasta, or fresh. Bark is used due to diuretic properties - it increases the volume of urine eliminated. It also increases sweating and reduces nerve excitement in the stomach and kidneys, helping to eliminate stomach and kidney pain.Source

Flowers! The flowers of Malin are spectacular and I like them very much, especially when they are looked at closely. I think you will agree.

It was such a great and pleasant surprise to meet again with this tree. The tree of my childhood. The perfume of my childhood.

@bluemoon	Thank you!	Disclaimer
	I made this post with passion, effort and respect for you. I hope the result proves it.	Since English is not my first language, please forgive any grammatical errors.

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dswigle (70) · 6 years ago

Oh, this is such a wonderfully beautiful tree, Dan!!@bluemoon I think even more lovely when it can be paired up with the nostalgia connected to one's own childhood.

When I can see or smell something specific to my childhood, my brain has an immediate response, a yearning to go back to where I once belonged. I love how you wove your story here and I really like the new formatting or storytelling that you have developed for your posts.

So well done and so enjoyable to read, and I even learned a few things. Thank you for that!

The pictures are stunning. I love the fresh look of these tiny little flowers.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you for reading this post. I really wanted you to see it.
You are a barometer for me and thank you because your measurement is favorable to me. Hope you are well!

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dswigle (70) · 6 years ago

Oh, Dan! @bluemoon You can always tag me in the comments. Sometimes lately I find myself so far behind I miss good things.

This is far and above. I like it a lot!

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you! I do not want this to look like an autopromotion.

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dswigle (70) · 6 years ago

Noted. Of course, you are right.

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mohajer (54) · 6 years ago

really is beautiful beautiful flowers 🌹

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you!

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luigi-the-gnome (59) · 6 years ago

Oh my...these flowers are wonderfully beautiful ! Love them ❤️

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you! I also love them. It was a joy for me to see these flowers after 50 years.

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jacey.boldart (62) · 6 years ago

That tree has such pretty flower clusters.

It really gives my inner happiness a boost when I come across things that zip me back to my childhood and all the warm memories. It sounds like this was one of those things for you.

Sweet.....

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Yeah, that's the way it was. You're right in everything you said about childhood and memories.

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zirochka (68) · 6 years ago

Childhood memories and our present are very different, almost always. In the childhood everything is big - trees, buildings, distances. Days were so ling, and life was carefree.

Things are changing as we're growing up and getting older, and it often upset us. But, anyway, it is so nice to see something that reminds us of our childhood.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Precisely! I have not seen this tree for 50 years and I enjoyed it a lot when I had the chance to see it again.

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zirochka (68) · 6 years ago

50 years! Can only imagine - it is like to meet an old friend!

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Yes, of course. Thank you!

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positivexposure (57) · 6 years ago

I had never heard of this Malin Tree or seen the flowers. Thanks for sharing interesting information @bluemoon

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

With pleasure. It's a tree that I think lives in the north. At least in northern Romania.

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kabil (62) · 6 years ago

Beautiful flowers my friend @bluemoon
This flower looks very beautiful by having a bright color ... white is one of the colors that I like

Thank you, very good work

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

I must thank you because you stopped seeing my post. I'm glad you loved these flowers.

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kabil (62) · 6 years ago

I am also very proud of you friends.
Because your work is so good that it makes me attractive.

How are you doing there my best friend @bluemoon

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you very much.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you!

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trudeehunter (71) · 6 years ago

Incredibly beautiful images @bluemoon It's truly amazing the way our sense of smell can trigger intense childhood memories and evoke emotions within us.

This is such a quality post. Well Done! (U & R )

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thanks a lot! I'm so excited about your opinion and I respect it because you are an artist I appreciate a lot. Thanks for everything.

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trudeehunter (71) · 6 years ago

Oh thank you @bluemoon That is a lovely thing to say. I always enjoy the sentiments you portray in your blogs because it adds more value than just showing us scenes. I hope you have a wonderful Easter my friend. 🌹 🌺 🌹

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

I must thank you! There is not so much joy around us, the way you answer me is a joy.

Happy Easter to you and your family! Because in Romania we are Ortodox, "our Easter" is over a week.

One of the paradoxes of the world we live in.

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redheadpei (66) · 6 years ago

Thanks for sharing these precious memories, @bluemoon. I also have wonderful memories of my grandmother and there was a beautiful tree in front of her house. It was called a snowball tree and had beautiful white blossoms .
How great to have the Malin tree in your country with it’s health benefits.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

With pleasure and joy. Always give a magic tree in front of grandparents' house. We also had a snowball tree.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you very much. Your opinion is very much because it's the opinion of an artist.

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mers (66) · 6 years ago

Oh my, if I could only smell these flowers! I am not supposed to because I have pollen allergy. But uit is lovely to see even in a far distance because of the white flowers... Thanks for the images.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

I'm sorry for your allergy. Fragrance brings something extra, but the beauty of flowers is first.

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mers (66) · 6 years ago

Yeah, I can have fragrant flowers though, but I keep it far from where I always sit in the living room, otherwise I´ll keep on sneezing. In fact I have gathered some fragrant lilacs which I put in a vase... I ´ll be posting it a bit later. Thanks!

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

With pleasure! Glad to meet you.

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nelinoeva (65) · 6 years ago

You had careless childhood and sweet memories. The tree is like an old friend you have not seen for ages. I am sure the memories must have burst inside you when you saw that tree.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

You understand my feelings very well. It was a great surprise to see this tree in the park in Iasi, in the city of my childhood no longer exists.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you again!

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willowwisp (62) · 6 years ago

Your photos and story remind me of my childhood also. My wonderful grandmother grew lilacks everywhere but always outside the bedroom windows. To this day the fragrance of lilacks put me right to sleep.

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bluemoon (70) · 6 years ago

Yes, this is another wonderful remembrance and related to the lilac perfume. Same with me.

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