Arbor Day
How could I have forgotten about National Arbor Day, which is celebrated the last Friday in April? Many states observe Arbor Day on different dates according to their best tree-planting times. This special day encourages people to appreciate, plant and care for trees.
I’m a big fan of trees! They are an amazing life force, speaking a language that is all their own. They shelter us from summer's heat with their welcoming shade. They dazzle us in the fall with color changes. When transitioning into winter, they continue to delight with their branches casting shadows on the ground. However, my favorite part of this evolutionary process comes in spring. I enjoy seeing those early buds, a promise of what is to be. Within a blink of an eye, trees are bare no more, but transformed into what I call nature’s living, green skyscrapers.
We must never underestimate trees, and by no means take them for granted. They do more for us than you realize, protecting us from the sun’s damaging rays, sheltering us from evil storms and enhancing many different environments, which fuel genius. We must respect these precious gifts that nature has bestowed upon us by providing them with love, care and respect.
There is power in numbers, especially with trees. They reduce air pollution and global warming through respiration and removing particulate matter. They provide shade and conserve energy, and moderate the local climate by lowering air temperature.
My favorite things about trees: They improve property value, control noise pollution and provide food and shelter for generations of birds and wildlife. However, the best of all, they reduce stress and make us feel good.
People's carbon footprint is steadily rising and there is no way to counter this, especially with the decline in forest areas in the world. Reduce this footprint by planting a tree. It’s worth repeating… Trees absorb pollutants and contaminants out of the air, and this means a cleaner environment. The beauty of trees cannot be debated, as they improve the look of the world around us.
How appropriate for Arbor Day. Reflect on the following by Hermann Hesse: Trees. Here’s to a new week. Thrive! – paerki
"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, call to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things." – Mary Oliver
I’m a big fan of trees! They are an amazing life force, speaking a language that is all their own. They shelter us from summer's heat with their welcoming shade. They dazzle us in the fall with color changes. When transitioning into winter, they continue to delight with their branches casting shadows on the ground. However, my favorite part of this evolutionary process comes in spring. I enjoy seeing those early buds, a promise of what is to be. Within a blink of an eye, trees are bare no more, but transformed into what I call nature’s living, green skyscrapers.
We must never underestimate trees, and by no means take them for granted. They do more for us than you realize, protecting us from the sun’s damaging rays, sheltering us from evil storms and enhancing many different environments, which fuel genius. We must respect these precious gifts that nature has bestowed upon us by providing them with love, care and respect.
There is power in numbers, especially with trees. They reduce air pollution and global warming through respiration and removing particulate matter. They provide shade and conserve energy, and moderate the local climate by lowering air temperature.
My favorite things about trees: They improve property value, control noise pollution and provide food and shelter for generations of birds and wildlife. However, the best of all, they reduce stress and make us feel good.
People's carbon footprint is steadily rising and there is no way to counter this, especially with the decline in forest areas in the world. Reduce this footprint by planting a tree. It’s worth repeating… Trees absorb pollutants and contaminants out of the air, and this means a cleaner environment. The beauty of trees cannot be debated, as they improve the look of the world around us.
How appropriate for Arbor Day. Reflect on the following by Hermann Hesse: Trees. Here’s to a new week. Thrive! – paerki
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"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, call to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things." – Mary Oliver
