Trees

I was hoping to go for a walk with a group on Thursday, but the weather was terrible, so it was cancelled. They said they would rearrange the walk and the talk, but I didn’t think it was for the same day. The walk was off, yet I got a text saying the talk was still on. I managed to make it there, though I wasn’t too keen on listening to someone talk about trees. Anyway, I gave it a try, and it wasn’t as heavy as I expected. They spoke about tree bathing, the Japanese practice of immersing yourself in a forest environment to reduce stress, enhance mindfulness, and support overall well-being. It’s about slowing down, being present, and appreciating nature with all your senses.

I live quite close to woods so I guess I can give it a a go sometime. I was not aware that trees lived as long as they did, for thousands of years apparently, if they are not cut down, there is a drive to get trees planted much more than there use to be something to do with climate change. I have one growing in the garden its dogwood something not native to this island like the oak and the beach tree and the Ash.  

The only other time I have come across a dogwoood tree, is in the lyrics of the song Wagon wheel, and there was a line about dogwood flowers which I assume to mean the flowers of the dogwood tree, the song was written in the US so assume that is where the dogwood tree comes from, it is only a couple of years old and not very tthick yet I think they live for decades not millenia like the oak trees do