Haskell Mandala Imitation

A long time ago there was a tree that bloomed with beautiful white flowers like no one had ever seen.  This tree was visited by bees and hummingbirds that spread the pollen from the flowers all around, and helped to create more of this tree.  This goes on and on, as it is the cycle of life for a Flowering Dogwood Tree.  Dave is the product of thousands of years of this cycle.  Dave happens, to be located right next to a middle and high school where students learn about all the famous people in history who have interacted with his ancestors.  He is a decedent of the tree used to make the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  Now a days the closest Dave's family line gets to being saved forever in time, is being captured in the background of a picture.  But when I found Dave at the edge of the woods I knew he was a tree that had a rich history.  As a photographer I began to take photos of him.  I found that Dave was a tree who enjoyed having his picture taken.  He gave me some very wonderful photos, and didn't move in the wind as I took the photos as some trees often do.  Dave has green leaves that are slightly red, mostly around the edges, and white flowers, many of which are still only buds.  The dogwood tree at the edge of woods has thin branches that start about two to two and a half feet from the ground, it is about ten feet from the walkway up to the wooden platform.  Dave, while he loves to be photographed, he is quite shy and stays hidden behind a large, tall tree with a circumference of about three feet.  Dave has flowers that are beginning to bloom in the warm spring weather of Southeastern Tennessee, some of the clusters of leaves have yet to form buds but they will, and the entire tree will be covered in flowers by the end of the spring.  These flowers are white like the pages of a fresh unmarked composition book.  The leaves of this fabulous tree are its livelihood, it would die without them, and they have been given a beautiful coloring that perfectly communicates their importance to the plant I have named Dave. 

Some of Dave's flowers and leaves.