The Tree Keeper

November 10, 2023

Hope all of you are well! Today I visited my mom’s gravesite for Veteran’s Day 2023. This is our first Veteran’s day without her as she died in January this year. We miss her. We would always visit with her on Veteran’s day and have a small party. We honored her and thanked her for her service. My Dad was also a veteran. They both served in the US ARMY, met and married. They had four girls, me being the youngest. Today , I honor all Veterans and thank you for your service.

How are the trees in your area today.? In my last post, I wrote about leaves falling off of the trees. Well, they are still on the trees where I live right now. You can see them browning and yellowing but still on the limbs. We need a strong wind or storm to come in and blow the leaves right off of the trees.

I am currently watching Expedition Bigfoot on the Travel channel, season 3. In this season, they are in Alaska, searching for BF. So far, they have come across many trees that have been uprooted and turned upside down and staked right back into the ground. Some of the trees are old and moss is growing all over them. Have you heard of such a thing? If so, what is the meaning of it all? I think they are saying a BF did it because the strength it would entail to uproot a tree. If , hypothetically, a BF exists , and if, hypothetically it uprooted many trees and turned them upside down….what would be the motive? Is if tor communication? Is it a landmark? Is it to mark the territory , a statement of some sort to keep out!!??!! I’ll have to watch the rest of the season in order to see their conclusion about this phenomenon. Overall, it is entertaining and I like to see places on the TV that I have not been to.

That’s all for today folks! Thanks for stopping in.

10/15/2023

Hello, and thank you for returning !
I hope everyone is having an awesome autumn. Are the leaves falling off of the trees in your area? I live in the SF Bay Area and the leaves on our trees have not fallen completely. There are only a scattered few on the ground. We have a variety of trees here. The largest ones are the Sapphire Dragons at around 50 ft here where I live. They bloom beautiful lavender color flowers in the spring/early summer. Bees gather upon the them in summer and you can feel their buzzing vibration if you dare walk under the trees. The leaves are large ranging 6-12 inches in length. They have not budged off of the branches as of today. However, their seed pods have! The seed pods are in clusters and reminds me of grapes in an excessive size. The pods will weigh the branch down so much that the branch will snap off. Not to mention, the seeds are sticky. This makes for a complete work out for cleaning it up. It is all worth it to me. The beauty the Sapphire Dragon tree holds is unique. I have been asked by neighbors and passers what type of tree it is. They too are mesmerized by them . You also can grow them easily from a seed. I will describe more about other trees here on another blog. Please see pictures below of Sapphire dragon trees.Have a good day everyone.