Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/16

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Subject: [Leica] Daily Dose of Spring LXIV Dogwood circle
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun Apr 16 18:28:46 2006
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A any good Tarheel boy, I've known the legend as long as I've known  
the tree.

Now, lots of others have shared it.

Ric




On Apr 16, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 12:51 PM 4/16/2006, you wrote:
>> I only this year noticed the odd shapes the dogwood takes as the
>> blossoms open. Thanks to Friday Flowers.
>>
>> Ric Carter
>
> Do you know the legend of the dogwood tree?  This may be just a  
> Southern thing, but the legend goes that the Jesus' cross was made  
> from the wood of a dogwood tree, which at that time grew as  
> straight and tall as an oak.  Since then the dogwood has only grown  
> stunted and crooked, the blossoms are in the shape of a cross and  
> the stain on the end of each blossom represents Jesus' wounds.   
> That's the story here in the Bible Belt.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>
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