Do you write about trees? Have you ever tried? Should you?

You have until August 29th to write a post about trees, or a particular tree, or a picture of a really cool tree, or a poem about a tree...and send it to Burning Silo for the next edition of the Festival of the Trees

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A while ago, I wrote a href="http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2009/05/finally_finger_trees.php">couple of posts that claimed to talk about finger trees. Unfortunately, I really botched it. I'd read a bunch of data structure papers, and managed to get
Possibly related to the last post. The lyrics are original. (For this, you need to imagine the younger Free-Ride offspring humming in the background as the elder sings.)
One of the fabulous things about living in our Northern California climate (zone 16) it the ability to transform our yard into a mini orchard.

Neat. I was thinking about writing a little something about trees soon.

Informative as always, Coturnix. Thanks.

coturnix - thanks for posting about Festival of the Trees. Yes, any and all tree-related posts are most welcome.
John - thank you for posting your poem. I'll add it to the FOTT when I put it together at the end of August.

Aspens. I love aspens. There was a bunch of them which comforted me all through my teenage angst. They'd listen and nod and rustle and rustle some more, and everything became a little bit more bearable. They even protected me the few nights I needed to stay out all night long. I owe a lot to those aspens.