Getting Arboreal # 3 in the Breezy Honeysuckles

Hello, my little honeysuckles. Today is all about trees. I am borrowing a quote I saw on Patty's lovely blog, Magpie's Nest,

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now." Chinese Proverb

I am not only thinking about trees today - I am obsessing - because this is the earliest and worse pollen season we have had in like forever. Seems all of the 70" of snow we had is causing our trees to have a "feeding" frenzy. They are well fed this year and are not thirsty. They are tasting the good life and I'm sneezing.

OK, suckles, belly up to the bar and listen to my tale... let's step back in time to August 27, 2009, from my blog for that day:

"Oh boy, big word: "Arboreal" = (1) of, relating to, or like a tree; (2) inhabiting or frequenting trees.... I really like # 2 -- inhabiting or frequenting trees. Over at the land of lost luggage Julie is hosting her 2nd "annual virtual photo excursion. Getting Arboreal: A Nature Collection, will document a single trees journey from Summer to Fall/Winter to Spring." I have just selected my tree which is right outside my condo and I have watched this little tree grow since 1994. We have bonded and I have used photos of this one in previous blogs. I will be posting photos of this tree around November 8 and April 4. I really don't know what type of tree it is but it is mine."

And so the journey began.... I posted again on November 8, showing her leaves as they changed color and dropped, one by one.

In the winter, you saw her in her Cinderella dress ready for the ball.

And today, she is getting ready to shout with joy in her spring song. She is waiting for the birds to visit, the squirrels to scamper, and the dogs to sniff. She is mine and I have known her since 1994 and after Julie's Tree Project, I look at her differently today. I notice small changes. Her first buds from yesterday.....

Once she adds some new leaves, I will show you more photos of her... But for the time being, please be a tree hugger for one day. Hug your tree and hold it tight. The Chinese have always amazed me with their wisdom. They cherish nature.

"One generation plants the Trees; another gets the shade. Keep a green Tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come." Chinese Proverb

Today she buds......

And now let me show you other flowering trees that are ahead of my tree in their budding journey -- the reason for my sneezing..... royal beauty - all of these dancing trees:

Happy Spring!