For Don And All Tree Lovers

16 years ago

Anne, I hope I'm not stepping on your toes---I just now received it in my e-mail---had to post it!

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A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself.

-John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

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anneliese_32
16 years ago
Kathy, you did not step on my toes but did me a favor! I love the quote, but was too lazy to type it.
west_gardener
16 years ago
Lol, I think I can hear my trees sing and dance when we get some rain. I think I can hear the slurp, slurp of my citrus trees sucking up the water, (they are water hogs). Not poetic perhaps, but the same idea.
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ejmoore510
16 years ago
Just beautiful!
User
16 years ago
Thank you Kathy, just finished putting cables and pins in an olive tree. The tree lost an 18 in. diameter branch and had to be trimmed. The cables will help prevent damage in the future. There is a hummer nest with two babies in the tree and it was fun watching the parents feed the kids. Was very careful not to disturb them. A small to medium size bird, black/gray with a small crest was hopping around catching bugs. Friendly little guy, would land three feet from me and look around for more yummy critters.

The quote is spot on, we need to take care of the things that take care of us. It is all connected, that needs to be taught.
kathyjane
Original Author
16 years ago
Anne--- are you getting all your quotes from a BOOK?
God love you, child; you are ambitious!---I wanted to type in some
Annie Dillard stuff a while back---decided I was 'WAAAAAAY too lazy!!!
Well, anyhow glad to help you out---anytime at all!
kathyjane
Original Author
16 years ago
Don---check the times of our respective posts!!
Kindred spirits, Bud!

What a treat to see the Hummer family and the other little bird---maybe a Flycatcher?
lilod
16 years ago
I look out of any widow and see trees, some of them are so tall and they were babies when I moved here 16 years ago, some were big and old then and now are even more distinguished. Joann and I have named quite a few of them, they are friends.
lilod
16 years ago
Ooops, I lived here 26 years, not 16 - makes a big difference in the size of trees.
west_gardener
16 years ago
There is a heady scent of orange blossoms in my back yard. I wish I could send it to you all.
User
16 years ago
Fruitless Mulberry trees will create a cool spot in their dense shade and drip water from the stomata that seems like a light rain. You can hear the trees as the wind passes through and also when quiet, various sounds of growth nearly imperceptible from the trunks, branches and leaves. Wind in the pines, cracks and groans in the heat and pops of seeds exploding are all part of the symphony.

Here is a link that might be useful: Moody Blues: Nice To Be Here