Tree Parts Twelve Ways

Brian had a few days of leave scheduled so he could drive to Punxatawney for the Ground Hog Day celebrations, but, thankfully unfortunately there was a huge winter storm in the north that saved prevented us from participating .  We decided instead to hop in the car and go south to my hometown where there would be freakishly warm weather, 71 degrees to be exact, in the early part of February.  On our way down to Portsmouth, we decided to stop in Jamestown, VA where we learned about the first permanent English settlement in the New World.

What a harsh life they led!  Over half of them died within a few months of landing.  No one really knows why but some say they could have been sickened by contaminated water - weather it was salt or brackish water or diseased water I don't know.  But every person who was there served a purpose.  They were all important parts in the whole of creating what many consider the geographical birthplace of our nation.

Of course I could display some shots of what the settlement looked like along with some interesting artifacts, but I think I might save that for some other post someday.  Today I'm sticking with the parts idea - tree parts to be exact.  They were once part of a whole tree, that was probably a part of a whole forest - so here's a dozen of 'em altogether again.