The Old Oak Tree
By marie2052
@marie2052 (3691)
United States
April 13, 2012 11:38pm CST
This is a picture of the oldest tree in a really small park next to the marina.
As you can see there is an iron rail around it with ground built up to protect this piece of history.
This park is on the Bay of Panama City, Florida.
This oak tree is described as following:
The Old Sentry
This Heritage Oak Tree is estimate to be over 250 years old.
It was standing during the War Between the States.
As if a Sentry standing guard over Old St Andrews Bay.
Hope you enjoy the picture and learning a bit of history trivia.
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@BarBaraPrz (51300)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Apr 12
Magnificent tree. I love the shapes the branches make, but what is that stuff hanging from them?
(If this posts twice, blame myLot... when I hit "post response" the first time, my response disappeared.)
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@BarBaraPrz (51300)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Apr 12
I thought that might be it.
Microwaved moss... sure... wonder what it tastes like? 
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
20 Sep 12
I suppose I could try it if I get bored. Almost every old tree in my area is full of Spanish moss.
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
14 Apr 12
Such a lovely old tree an so historic. Is this in the same park where you feed the squirrels?
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
16 Apr 12
They must have gotten pretty close for you to be able to tell she was female. Or was it because she was "talking" so much.
@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
16 Apr 12
Yes it is. if you notice the railing around the tree the squirrels are actually jumping over to this tree now making their way down the trunk and will sit about 3 feet away from me on the concrete through the rails.
I sat there Saturday for about 2 hours after doing the farmers market.
There was a cat in the little park. I tried to pet her but she finally left the park got a feeling she belongs to the condos next door. But I did not see my squirrels anywhere. So I am thinking the cat is scaring them to stay in the trees.
Finally about 30 minutes before I left the park, my little female squirrel come up and was so pleased I had put her peanuts out. She sat there and listened to me talk to her and actually barked back at me. she must have young as she looks like she is nursing LOL
But under this 250 yr old tree I sit with my squirrel friends LOL
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@ElicBxn (64170)
• United States
14 Apr 12
What a beautiful old tree!
I love oaks, even when they are dropping their nasty pollen on my car!
Austin has a lovely old oak, well, it used to be lovely, until the jerk tried to kill it "for love"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak_(Austin,_Texas)
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
16 Apr 12
LOL well the tree is beautiful anyway LOL thanks for sharing yours.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
14 Apr 12
I am amazed at the variety, shapes, and sizes of some of the oaks we have here. I wish I knew their ages. Some have very wide trunks. I love photographing the many odd shapes they have become. I'm sure these trees would all have a lot of stories to tell, could they speak our language.
@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
16 Apr 12
I am just amazed that this tree has survived all the hurricanes through that many years.
It is only about 10feet of waters edge in the bay.
there is a park bench under both sides of the tree I always sit on the same bench I am getting squirrel friends to become a little tame and come eat their peanuts from me LOL
Glad you enjoyed the picture.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
19 Sep 12
If only old trees could speak, as you say, they would have a story to tell. There was one such old tree, just a gutted out hulk really, that used to be in Greenwich Park, South East London. The story went that Queen Elizabeth used to meet a lover secretly under that tree. Elizabeth was born on the estate of which Greenwich Park is just a remnant now, so there could be a grain of truth in that story.
