SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – I have a “penchant” for trees. Warning: Pun ahead. I have a chant about them.
And I have some poems about them in pen. Together: Pen-chant. Go ahead: groan.
I won’t sing my original tree song or recite a not-ready-for-anthology poem. But aren’t the trees themselves works of art doubling as amazing tools? Take time to notice. On the hot days, they soothe.
On the cold one, they stabilize. For children, they provide climbing challenge. For the newly in love, a place to linger.
For aficionados of freshness, an orchard of generous fruit that tastes so much better than when packaged in plastic or styrofoam or waxed, even dyed, and almost unrecognizable. I took a longer walk with Happy and we pondered several very thick trunks on lawns near Euclid Creek Reservation. One tree had to be cut down, and its neatly stacked trunk pieces could for the basis of a whole floor of furniture.
But how beautiful trees are in their pristine state: Whether a newly budding maple or a stately oak, a spruce or a poplar, they are majestic and magne is an effort that is worth a shout out. The goal is to plant 15,000 new trees by 2025. A total of 12,000 are already in the soil as of their website.
Read more on their website and even take the pledge to plant, if you wish to. “Holden Forests and Gardens’ People for Trees encourages residents in urban and rural communities to plant and care for a tree beginning with making a pledge,” the site states. ”We will support ea.
