Like all living things, each individual tree is shaped and marked by the opportunities and struggles with its home, reaching for the rays of light, hunkering down from the winds, expanding and shrinking with absorbed moisture and healing from drought, floods and the predations of insects, animals, and humans. Each tree bears a unique form.

Lately it seems as though I am mourning the loss of a number of trees in my circle of plant friends through old age, succession, drought, fire, and sacrifice to human whim. I miss them and want to honor them and the precious ones still living.

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