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ODE To A TREE (Arbor Day!)
On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 19:43:40 -0700, "Cheri" >
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> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 17:19:59 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
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>>>"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz" wrote in message
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>>>> Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>> "Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz" wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone, let us all put aside this squalid bickering that has infested
>>>>> this
>>>>> froup as of late...all this fighting is childish and energy -
>>>>> wasting...
>>>>>
>>>>> It is ARBOR DAY, when we honor our FRIENDS the TREES...they never argue
>>>>> or
>>>>> fight or war with each other, they are stolid and stalwart and
>>>>> upright...they ask for NOTHING...could anything be more BLESSED than to
>>>>> be a
>>>>> TREE...a grand SEQUOIA...a hardy OAK...a loverly GINKGO...a APPLE,
>>>>> PEACH,
>>>>> or
>>>>> CHERRY tree...???
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember, kids, it takes JUST as much energy to be HAPPY as it does to
>>>>> be
>>>>> negative...happiness ALWAYS yields better results...on yer tombstone do
>>>>> you
>>>>> want inscribed, "I Died Old, Bitter, and Stupid", or "I Died HAPPY :-)
>>>>> "...so go out and say THANK YOU to a TREE today...!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyways, here is a lil' tribute to our friends the trees:
>>>>>
>>>>> "I am a large PLANT that can make all yer dreams come true.....I can be
>>>>> the
>>>>> Grand Piano in yer living room......I am the House that you live
>>>>> in........I
>>>>> am the handle on yer Broom and the Guitar you love to play.......I am
>>>>> the
>>>>> Paper you read or write on and I can provide your Kids a College
>>>>> Education
>>>>> or buy you a new Car......I can be made into Gasoline or be simple
>>>>> Firewood
>>>>> for a pleasant Family Evening.....I can be farmed like Wheat or
>>>>> Corn.......If you cut me down and use me, another Tree will grow in a
>>>>> short
>>>>> time to take my place.....I am one of the Resources that Man has
>>>>> available
>>>>> for him to use and I will be around FOREVER because Man has a LOT of
>>>>> uses
>>>>> for me......"
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Greg
>>>>>
>>>>> ==
>>>>>
>>>>> Very nice ) As for negative or nastiness against me, I ignore it )
>>>>> Actually it makes me laugh at the pathetic attempts to upset me lol
>>>>> Big
>>>>> Fail ) Just Feeble <g>
>>>>>
>>>>> Trees are much nicer than many people I love them all )
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, Ms. O...!!!
>>>>
>>>> This weekend I am visiting a local Shakespeare Garden, a small local
>>>> park
>>>> that already has some blooms (a few weeks on it will turn into a lovely
>>>> rose garden), and just generally perambulating about enjoying nature's
>>>> bounty...we've had a cold and even snowy April, time to get out.
>>>>
>>>> And if you could be a tree, what sort of tree would you wish to be...???
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>> That garden sounds heavenly I didn't know what tree I should be so
>>>> I
>>>> asked my husband and he said Sweet Chestnut <g> Who am I to argue )
>>>>
>>>> You?
>>>
>>>I want to be a giant Sequoia, protected and has seen it all. 
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>
>> But then you'd live in California and that sucks.
>> I think a Dawn Redwood is far nicer, and has been around a lot longer.
>> I'd rather be an Acer Griseum, much more handsome, and the girls like
>> to touch and fondle. A sycamore is lovely too, if you have the space,
>> made for tree huggers, and the ladies are mesmorized by its balls.
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>I do live in California.
>
> Cheri
Depends on where. Some parts of CA have very pleasant climate and
people but a lot is crowded, crime infested, and too darn hot and dry,
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