This oak tree was struck by a bolt of lightning and the scar rips right down to the roots.
The line seems absurd, too precise and yet it came from the electrical discharge of the sky to the earth in devastating perfection.
The tree did not burn, but it is dead, shocked from its slow life into improbable death in a blinding instant.
Cathy's real country garden 
Sad to see. We lost an old oak last year from a lightening strike .
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an amazing photo and commentary —
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Many thanks- here today gone tomorrow !
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Sic transit gloria silvae …
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Such is life. Why was the oak chosen? No wonder it died of shock. Amelia
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I think it was the tallest tree.
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An illustration of nature’s awesome force.
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Indeed and it looks like the whole world is getting to feel it at the moment!
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Afraid so!
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So sorry about yourtree!
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It was in the forest and I am sure it’s demise has made space for some saplings- so the metaphors role on!
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