Alas, Sara died in April of 2012. I miss her greatly and I remember her fondly when I watch the video. She new when it was time to take my pictures and always ran outside to pose. I'm glad I kept her in the pictures and didn't shoo her away.

It was also cool seeing the dogs change too

I’m so glad the dog didn’t stop showing up towards the end.

The fact that it took 5 years to make this video, was published in 2009, and here we are in 2022. So much of life has happened.

Can you comprehend that someone spent 5 years just making this 1 minute video you just watched? Sometimes I feel kinda sad it takes people giant chunks of a lifetime to work on something that will usually be greatly overlooked. I know there's not much more to do with it but like the video, but there are so many, countless of lives dedicated to making their videos, or as in my case - songs, to little or no appreciation. Just made me think out loud. Barely anyone will get it but there's no harm in posting the thought anyway. Spend a moment to appreciate some of the people who bring you this content, KZfaq isn't TV, many of those "non-viral" people don't get paid and don't get anything out of entertaining you, so at least like their videos and leave a nice comment.

Not only did we see the growth of a tree, we also saw the growth of a dog! :D

Sara was the main dog you see in the videos. We did get a black dog for a while. Sara died earlier this year. I married and now have two more dogs that will appear in future videos.

I'm impressed that you positioned the camera in the exact same spot for all those years.

"photographic obsession".... I like that. That's an incredibly accurate description. The dog, Sara, always seems to know when I am taking my pictures and runs out to lay on the lawn. For a while, that bothered me, then I thought, she is just as much a part of change as the tree growing. So, I stopped chasing her away. Thanks for looking, thanks for commenting. LL

I do not consider myself an arborist as much as I consider myself a historian. I try to capture the steady flow of events that effected my life. When my in-laws lived in the house pictured, they had a passion for the yard. In later pictures after my divorce, not in the video, the yard doesn't look so good. The tree still grows, but so does the grass. This video captures the struggle my in-laws had keeping the lawn healthy when we had a dog that loved to lay in the same place all the time.

What a wonderful capture! The dog, the seasons, the tree and the life over these years!

Props to the dude who stood there for 5 years straight

I just don’t get why people disliked the video. The title matches the video so what were you expecting? Flying unicorns? The dog exploding? What did you want. This video to 5 YEARS.

They got their roof redone at :28

The dog randomly popping up on the grass made me so happy for some reason

Came for the timelapse of the tree, stayed for the timelapse of the dog ♥

I have about 20 different locations around the yard, (and one inside the house) that I set my camera on. I try to take at least one picture a week, more during springtime and fall, at the 12:00 noon in non-daylight savings days, and 1:00pm on DSDs. That way I hope to catch the equinox shadows. I use the layering technique in Photoshop to line up the photos and use an old Olympus Movie making program to create the video.

this was exactly what I wanted to see when I typed in tree timelapse growth. thank you sir

It looks like it grows more in the winter

Enjoyed your video very much, through several viewings. Unlike much of the crap you get on KZfaq these days, this is a truly honest video - accurate title, no annoying background "music" and no AI. Sara is a natural bonus!!

i like how the video suddenly went HD lol

what a beautiful document of tree, dogs, and a little human too. thank you

Beautiful... The tree, the dogs and the time that flies by

I don't know how I came across this video, but I'm glad I did.. at the same time though, I cried.. because what seemed like such a simple video really turned out to be something beautiful. Seeing the tree change was neat, but the dog really got me because you watch the time and think how short they are here with us. Then I read the comments and really teared up to see the dog had passed 9 years ago and then see the video is 12 years old 😭 you blink and time passes you by.. God bless.

We got a growing doggo as a bonus! I love free stuff 💖

I am so glad you made this video. Smooth time lapses of plant growth are fairly hard to come by, not to mention time lapses that take place over multiple years!

Great video for a multitude of reasons--thanks for taking the time to share it with us Mr. Lapeere!

I was just looking for a video of a tree growing, I was not expecting to find such a charming video with a beautiful story

I’ve always enjoyed time lapses like this. I’d love to see how much the tree has grown all these years later!

Interesting so each time the tree comes back from being dormant the internal structure changes and the new canopy raises as well as the trunk seems to get a growth spurt

KZfaq recommending it at the end of a decade. I don't know why but this random video fills me with nostalgia.

I like it. I just planted two Pins out front and a Shumard out back. This vid shows me what to expect in the fraction a trees life I will actually be alive to witness. Lapeere, thank you.

and we just need 5 seconds to cut it off

No clue what type of tree it is. I think it could be a maple. We trimmed the branches to shape the tree, and make it easier to mow the lawn, that's why the lower branches disappeared.

That was so beautiful to watch. I never paid attention to it until I saw it in this timelapse but to watch a tree completely shed all its leaves and then grow more the next summer is absolutely fascinating! Teaches you a lot about your own life. Never give up people. And always keep reinventing! ❤️

I wanted to see a tree growth over the years and I searched the entire internet, cannot believe this is the only one I found in year 2021. Just want to say thank you for making this!

Over 10 years have passed since this video. Did you continue with these shots in the years after? If so, it would be great to see an update!

Woah, a teleporting dog!

Wow! This is amazing! Such commitment! I'm a gardener and often contemplate the way that trees much grow and change over the years and try to imagine how that might look. This is actually really, really helpful for me! Thank you!!!

Satisfying. Enjoyed seeing the doggies hanging out too.

big dog always taking care of the nature good boy

So far, I have about 10 years of photos accumulated to make into movies. It's a long process to allign the pictures and make a movie, so it may be a while before I can start posting my other pictures. I know there has to be better ways to allign photos other than Photoshop, and if anyone could tell me, I would appreciate it.

Beautiful. I even caught a glimpse of a rainbow in there. I like simple videos like this. Sometimes it's those little things in life that make you appreciate the beauty of the earth we live on.

So much is changing throughout time, the passing of time is very well documented. And a lovely tree you got in just a couple of summers!

For this picture I place my Olympus 3030 camera on a specific location on my air conditioner. So far, I've done this for over 12 years and have gone through 3 cameras. Fortunately they are cheap to replace. Larry

Beautiful, thank you for dong this

Such a beautiful piece!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

You can also see the growth on the trees behind your house too! I love videos like these!

the dog is smiling at 0:44

I was thinking of planting a tree but it'll take long. Now that I have watched this I think I should plant a tree right away

This is fantastic! The seasons changing and leaves shedding...

Very cool how every time the tree grows back it comes back stronger than the last time. Never really knew that’s how trees grew or how the seasons effected them.

10/10 would grow again

I found myself saying "Dog. Dog dog dog. Dog. Dog." For everytime I saw the dog. x3

I know that’s a sweet gum tree. ( five years for our entertainment is a caring and kind person)

This is absolutely beautiful! God bless your life and everything around you!!

Now I wonder how this tree looks like now.

If this video is 10 years old and it is a 5 year time lapse, that means some of the footage here is like 15 years old.

This video just made my day! Thank you for sharing.

I appreciate all the hard work that into this. It's absolutely insane. Thanks.

dog timelapse too

The dog(s) are a continuing saga in life around here. Sara, the brown dog is the only consistent element in the video. Lilly, the black dog, came to us after my sister-in-law died. Lilly died earlier this year due to cancer. Pretty quick, after I get remarried, I will be getting 2 more dogs. So, updated videos will have more canine to help me mark the timeframe of the videos.

What a great time lapse! Thanks for sharing!

I had to read this book in first year university that compared tree growth to crystal growth. crazy cool

Who’s here because of the 20 million tree fundraiser

The dog only likes half the lawn.

amazing idea for time-lapse!

Thanks for making this video! I can see alot of hard work went into this, and I can see how a tree grows very clearly! This was very good and very educational. Thanks again!

I wonder how the tree looks like now after 12 years.

@camptrav I have no clue what kind of tree it is. My father-in-law planted it in 2001 and I decided to document it's growth. Now, almost 10 years later, I'm sorry I didn't point the camera up higher.

Love Love Love this video. Brilliant. Thank You ❤❤❤

Thank you so much for posting! I've always wanted to see a baby tree grow up. Thanks for making my dream a reality :)

Basically he also made a time lapse of his dog

First examples of #teamtrees ever!

Amazing time lapse! So good to see how these grow, thanks so much for sharing! The tree in the middle has made a really good effort and grown loads! Love it :)

This was super neat to watch. Thank you for doing this and sharing

The ashes are still in a box on the mantle. I'm going to create a brick planter and spread them there.

I bet no one searched for it but everyone liked it

5 years of work into a 1 minute video I salute you man

Amazing video! Thank you so much for sharing.

Pro tip: Speed up playback 2x for a more seamless video.

It’s depressing to look back at old clips just because things change. Change is kinda sad if you think about it

This videos is asset to the society. Priceless piece of art....

totally awesome! I thought about doing this a week ago and hoped someone had already done it. nice work! And being a Canadian it is so weird to see the leaves all fall off in autumn but then no snow showing up ever lol

We removed the branches. I try to clean out the lower branches to open up the yard.

Dog growing timelalpse

This is truly amazing. Trees are magical.

Beautiful nature, great stuff ; )

hows the tree looking now?

teleporting dogs!!

Thank you for putting this together, it was so nice watching that tree develop. If you continued doing this, then it would be great to view the next 5 years of growth in a follow-up video. I, and many others are very interested in seeing it!

Very thankful you posted this, I'm doing a bonsai and really learned alot from this video:)

40 people dislike trees. bastards!

11 years later. How's it lookin?

This is tight. I was reading Matt 13:31-32 about a mustard seed and was thinking about a time lapse of a tree growing. How beneficial. Thank u for uploading

thanks dude must see how much memories youve made with this tree

Puppy teleport

Should've added "King of the Hill" opening theme song.

Thank you for all your work! It was amazing to see! The dogs are also cute 😊

Thank you for the video loved to see the progress