2020-04-24

Arbor Day 2020

tree of many colors    
Trees have been special to me since about the seventh grade when Mrs Martha Robinson at Horace O'Bryant Junior High School in Key West, Florida had be stand beside my desk and recite the poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer.

I considered the imagery.

I looked at the photo of this rough soldier in uniform with gigantic hands and the same name as my mother.

I thought about the farm in Salley, South Carolina nestled in trees and my grandmother Ida and how much I loved and missed her.

Finally I thought about what trees do with their provision of shade and cleansing of the air via their method of respiration.

So today is Arbor Day 2020.

Go out and plant and dedicate a tree to someone who is special to you.