WHERE DO WE SEE BEAUTY?
Photo by Liz Wuerffel
Guest Writer: Kelly Smith*
Why in nature do we find the old, broken, twisted ones so full of beauty and character- the ones stunted by rocky soil and bent by storm, yet for ourselves, we tend to value the unflawed, untried smoothness of youth?
*After a recent walk in the woods with Kelly, he posed this question to me. It felt like a perfect addition to these “weekly” posts and he graciously agreed to let me use it.
When I first moved to my farm in 2000, Kelly, a forester for the Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), walked the land and shared his expertise in creating a Forest Stewardship Plan. Since then I have had the privilege of crossing paths with him in various ways including at many a community event where he can be found playing his fiddle.
