Flavor Pict Road was unpaved, when I moved to Boynton Beach, in 1996. A bridge had to be built over a canal, in order for the road to connect from El Clair Ranch Road east to Military Trail. A small, beautiful forest occupied the entire northwest corner of Flavor Pict and Military.

One tree stood out of this forest - literally! It was bent at a 50 degree angle away from the roadway. For several years, we would walk or bike past this bent tree that was so unusual it became the "landmark" for finding Flavor Pict Road.

One day, everyone noticed a sign announcing the future site of homes, stores, and a park. It was to be called "Renaissance Commons." Bulldozers, tree cutters, and dozens of heavy trucks attacked the forest and removed almost every tree. Scattered, here and there, were several specimen pines - and the one lonely bent tree. Apparently, it had grown into the electrical wires and became a problem for the company removing the trees. It required the most time, money and trouble to remove. It really stood it's ground, as crooked as it was. I guess it's time had come to go. Homes were eventually built there, instead of Renaissance Commons.

Recently, my husband found the photograph he had taken of the tree we had remembered as a symbol of what HAD been a forest and was now a community.

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