The more that the entire being of a thing is in the human realm the more it is historical in essence. We are historical through and through and everything we touch becomes so to some degree, but what we cherish most about things, especially in nature but also amongst made things is that they can give us access to that aspect of being that is pure presence without any deference to history - even to the very history that appears to have brought them forth and which is always an addition made by us. Even if we don't give rise to time it is only in us that there is becoming.