![]() Since the beginning trees have given us shade, shelter, food, tools, and beauty. Today, as an herbalist, I still look to the trees for ![]() In my teenage years, theįorest was my refuge from the craziness of a so-called civilized world. Grandparent’s yard, so I could sit on a branch high above my cousin and eat my candy in peace. As a little girl I would climb up into one of the pecan trees in my I have had a love affair with trees my whole life. Prayer for All My Relations in the area, I felt a sadness wash over me as I thought about the trees. The few trees left intact were filled with clothing and insulation from what just days earlier was a neighborhood. I thought of Sherman’s march to sea and the war of northern aggression. The entire valley was wiped out asįar as the eye could see. Twisted and piled up like a box full of taffy, and businesses were unable to operate. Homes appeared to have exploded with memories scattered everywhere, tractor trailers were ![]() We’ve all seen the remnants of tornado damage on the evening news, but I have never had a front row seat to this Thought of machinery tearing down the trees, I glanced over to the other side of the interstate to find what looked like a That I should stop and try to rescue some plants from some fool's idea of progress, and just before becoming irate at the My first thought upon seeing the broken tree was “ what are the crazy people doing now?”Ī little further down the interstate I saw that all the trees on the side of the road had their tops broken out. The first sign I saw along the interstate was an Oak tree that Having been away from television and the internet for a few days I wasn’tĪware of the horrible weather folks had been experiencing. Tornadoes, Damaged Trees, and Poison Ivy: It’s Almost Summer!ĭriving back home from Virginia the first week in May, I saw the effects of one of the many tornadoes that hadĭevastated parts of the south days before.
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