I knew early on that I had married a Tree Hugger, and being no fool, I became one.
Whenever we walk anywhere, Maria spots a tree she wants to talk to, listen to, rub, or sit in, if possible.
We found a great tree while walking in Bennington on the way to visit Robert Frost’s burial site, a place I’ve wanted to visit for a long time.
This huge and old tree had forked, and in the woods, Maria always goes and sits in the seat and soaks up the energy of the tree. I loved this photo, it just touched my heart.
I’m usually not there.
When we got home, Maria rushed into my office and told me she had just spotted a caterpillar in some milkwood.
I wondered why this was so exciting until I remember caterpillars in milkweed are Monarch Butterflies waiting to be born, and Maria loves butterflies and she just finished a book about which I heard a great deal about.
She rushed out with her camera and got a photo of the butterfly and rushed in to show me. Then she rushed out again a few minutes later because she thinks she potted a butterfly egg.
I really love being married to someone like that. You end up having no choice but to love life.
Do you know the title of the butterfly book that Maria finished? I understand Maria and the excitement she feels when she sees the butterflies.?
The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams..
Beautiful Pic! I can, very much, relate to Maria’s love for trees! I’m a Tree Hugger too! We have some beautiful, very old trees in my sweet village of Manistee. I walk the neighbor and as I pass these magnificent trees I always stop and put my palm on their trunk and thank them and have a quick chat……..
This is beautiful. I haven’t been seeing very many butterflies this year. I read that the Monarch Butterfly count is down so low this year (50%) that it has put them in the category to be in danger of extinction. This news made me not want to live in this world anymore. I don’t know why it was this news when everything else has been so wrong. But I also get my grounding and hope and love from trees, and this reminded me to hug some trees soon.