He used to come here as a child 30 years ago and remembers mountains full of trees and grazing deer.

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An ancient woodland full of exotic trees in Jersey has been restored by unemployed volunteers.

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As viewed through a windscreen, the Hill Country seems full of plump oak trees and well-watered meadows, almost European in aspect.

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He prayed for good to come, for his mom and for him, since God was like magic, and happiness might come the way of early morning, in the trees and bushes full of sparrows next to his open window, louder and louder when he listened hard, eyes closed.

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To build up his legs, core, arm and hands, he and his brother and father would toss tires, dig holes and refill them, push wheelbarrows full of dirt, cut down trees with an ax and split wood.

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As you can see in the above screenshot, the blue-gray original is replaced with a full spectrum of colorful beaches and bright green palm trees.

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Stars popped out of the evening sky, then an almost-full moon rose above the trees and lit up the ledge.

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Over many years you would see seasons progress very predictably: the bare trees of winter, giving way to the green tinge of spring, the full leafing out of summer and the blazing colors of fall.

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