Cedar

Having passed the head of Lake Winnipeg, the river Saskatchewan, or St. Peter, which we had to ascend for thirty-seven days, appeared with the Grand Rapid that required a portage of everything.

We crossed the lakes de Travers, Bourbon, Cedre, and Vase.

On Sunday, August 15th, we reached the little fort Constant, built on the right shore.

We had traveled ninety-three leagues with oar, perch, sail, and line, having often been obliged at the principal rapids to unload our boats.

Among the Trees at Elmridge by Ella Rodman Church.

Chapter twenty-one, The Cedars.

"The cypress tribe," said Miss Harsen, "differ from the pines or coniferae by not having their fruit in a true cone, but in a roundish head which consists of a small number of scales, sometimes forming a sort of berry.

One of the most common of this family is the arbor vitae, or tree of life, a tree so small as to look like a pointed shrub and more used for fences than for ornament.

The circle of growing wood which is made each year is a pretty good method of telling the age of a tree, and these cedars of Lebanon are considered the oldest trees in the world.

Travelers have always spoken of the beauty and symmetry of these trees, with their wide-spreading branches and cone-like tops.

All through the Middle Ages, a visit to the Cedars of Lebanon was regarded by many persons in the light of a pilgrimage.

Some of the trees were thought to have been planted by King Solomon himself and were looked upon as sacred relics.

The scent curls gently upward before spreading through the chamber.

Cedar mingles with frankincense, myrrh, and the faint sweetness of lotus oil until the air itself seems wrapped in invisible layers of fragrance.

Ancient Egyptians understand that pleasant scents honor both the gods and the deceased, transforming ordinary space into sacred ground.

Even breathing feels different within such carefully tended air.

It simply asks that they remain themselves.

As you continue, the fragrance surrounding you grows richer.

Cedar mingles with myrrh.

Frankincense drifts gently above both, while beeswax contributes a faint sweetness that lingers almost unnoticed beneath everything else.

Wow.

Bottom right is S- is Cedrus medica or medica.

Citrons.

Exactly.

Having passed the head of Lake Winnipeg, the River Saskatchewan, or St. Peter, which we had to ascend for thirty-seven days, appeared with the Grand Rapid that required a portage of everything.

We crossed the lakes des Traveres, Bourbon, Cedre, and Vase.

On Sunday, August fifteenth, we reached the little Fort Constant, built on the right shore.

We had traveled ninety-three leagues with oar, perch, sail, and line, having often been obliged at the principal rapids to unload our boats.

I was part of the f- the...

I don't know if it was the very first one, but it was definitely the biggest cedar...

It was called the Cedar Task Force.

2002-

Mm-hmm

I'm going to share about that, as well as the post-dieta process, which is the two-week period after the diet, which has just ended.

So I'm here under a cedar tree, which has always been a representation of the father for me.

My dad actually growing up, he had these cedar drawers, his dresser, his drawers were made of cedar wood and all of his shirts and clothes that would be folded in there would smell of cedar.

And I had this thing where I love to smell his shirts and just breathe in the smell of cedar.