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ODE To A TREE (Arbor Day!)
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> On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 19:43:40 -0700, "Cheri" >
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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.
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>> Cheri
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> 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,
Most of it is becoming like that, San Diego has a very nice climate, where I
am in the San Joaquin Valley, it's hot as Hell in the summer. I'm a Pacific
Northwest person who was transplanted here almost too long ago to remember.
Cheri
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