Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness.

Kahlil Gibran from Sand and Foam

It's the little things citizens. do.  That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. 

Wangari Maathai

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Rabindranath Tagore

Cedars

In Cherokee legend, the cedar tree contain the spirit of one's ancestors.

Hamadryads are Greek mythological beings that live in trees. Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree. If their tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well.  For this reason dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees. 

A single tree produces approximately 260 pounds of oxygen per year. Two mature trees can supply enough oxygen annually to support a family of four.

http://www.savatree.com/tree-facts.html

http://lessonsforhope.org/pdf/Guide_to_Tree_Sketching_PDF.pdf

Welcome to the world of my blog ... my endeavor to paint 100 trees or a traveling forest has begun. Three paintings so far - The Penguin Tree, The Engagement Tree and Three Trees...

Penguin Tree on an Egg