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The oak was considered a national symbol of Portugal, since the 22nd Dec. 2011 , becoming thus a «national tree». I am proud to have this tree as another symbol of the Portuguese nationality, besides the hymn and the flag.
Lara and Afonso were here with me this day. I dedicate this photograph to them and wish them all the health and strength this tree seems to have...
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"This is mine too!", Lara said...
«"This is mine," he said simply, and his eyes sparkled with tears and his brain was filled with wonder that this should be his. There was pity in him for the grass and the flowers; he felt that the trees were his children and the land his child. For a moment he seemed to float high in the air and to look down upon it. "It's mine," he said again, "and I must take care of it."» In Steinbeck's book, To a God Unknown .
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The tree «captured» us both, no doubt! We have been around her till the sun set and night fell. Only then, we came back home.
I will be away from Flickr these next days. Work is keeping me too busy and is preventing me from visiting your streams, I'm sorry! I hope I will be able to visit you soon!
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A big hug! :)
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