Yesterday Ruth and I walked Gus home from school. Walking through a residential neighborhood of small houses, we came across this cedar tree which is well over two hundred years old. It provides a habitat for animals, insects and birds. It is surrounded by dark rich soil developed over years of decomposing needles, seeds and cones. This is a magical tree. You can feel it when you give it a hug. This is what is called in the Pacific Northwest an Old Growth tree. There are laws that protect these trees. They will never be cut down.
Imagine the whole neighborhood filled with these. Imagine no neighborhood at all just trees towering above our heads. Easy to do.
What is its circumference? Ruth, Gus and I could not reach our arms half way around it. Perhaps four adults with an arm span of six feet could really hug this tree, but just barely.
4 comments:
What fun...!
What fun...! And now for the tree ring project.....
NO tree ring project! At least not in my lifetime!
Using the internet of course....so all faeries will always have places to live....lesson on the wisdom of trees, not the economic use of trees!
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