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Public "Thank You!" to (Kim!) from (me!) sandra, tvgp

and "Thank you!" to Doug!  -consistently wonderful photographs.

im so grateful to everyone who helps spread this healthy idea.


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and "thank you!" to erica!  it made my day to see/read this:



and, public "thank you!" to our neighbors eric and gopi/gokula/raayan

no one wanted to take down their trees signs after arbor day came and went..  so we are keeping them up for as long as they will stay.




awesome!  and now, it turns out most people do not know, and have not been curious enough to find out the name of, or even a little about the trees in front of their homes, in their neighborhoods, places of work or study...

and, they dont know where to begin..

when i asked my daughter and her bff to look up and down our current neighborhood and identify as many trees as they could..

in humorous synchronicity they looked this way and that, and said/pointed in unison,

"palm trees!"   and that was the only tree they knew by name.

i only know 4 out of what seems to be 20 different.. and it is only thank you to working at alden lane nursery and my direct exposure to..

and so, how wonderful, in my imagination, to have 100 different individual families each name/share about one tree

vs.   one person trying to name/identify/share about 100 different trees    -write.

and I do hold the vision of trees everywhere with id tags...

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one of our neighbors, when I asked if he knew the name of his tree..  he confessed he had no idea and also had no idea how to look it up..

the tree is gorgeous! its been in front of his home for countless years..  enjoyed visually, i'm certain.. but never identified

I took a picture of it to alden lane, and inquired with a couple people

turns out,  -everyone's best guess; and everyone seem to be mostly sure; but never 100% confident

that it is a Norfolk island pine; in that family.

what a looker!     -anyway..

I like to imagine on our walks through neighborhoods, parks..    labels!    name tags..

we all connect better to things/people when we know their name(s).

/and for the record...    I much prefer what the nursery industry calls 'common names'  vs. botanical

but, you'll find people in both camps.    also, in addition to knowing the type of tree by name; it's just fun to name them also, with pet or nicknames; terms of endearment..  

and for some of us, who speak tree...     they introduce themselves.

   -you do you.

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In Jesus name,  amen.

posted by SANDRA HARRISON KAY @ 9:27 PM