Yesterday, I happened to see two remarkable trees here that seemed to be experiencing opposing states of mind. This one is a righteously proud White Spruce (Picea glauca) on the WoodenBoat Campus.
It stands at full attention after having overcome an event that caused the doubling deformation of its trunk during its youth. My very rough guess is that it is 120 feet or more tall and well over 100 years old.
The other specimen is this frantically weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica, 'Pendula') at Amen Farm, which, I’m told, was planted there at Amen Farm about 1950:
Its grief seems inconsolable; perhaps because it thinks that it has gotten a bad haircut. As with many weeping beeches, this tree is wider than it is tall. My very rough estimate is that it is about 80 feet wide and 45 feet tall. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 13, 2022.)