ARBOR DAY

 Is it ARBOR DAY today? What Arbor day anyway? It's the day to plan a tree or you could plant more trees younger than you are. 

If only I have my own yard here, meaning the house and lot belongs to me...got to plant my favorite trees of course. My choice of trees would be pear trees and apple trees then cherry tree and plum tree. The backyard would be fruit trees all over. I could only plant trees that could withstand the test of time, weather (climate) and acidity or alkalinity of the soil. The front yard would be trees bearing beautiful flowers such as cherry blossoms, dogwood and to think that tropical trees are not really capable of thriving here in Canada then forget about palm trees or coconut trees. Only if the weather or climate is in tropical zones. I tried to have a palm tree but it only last for about a year and half. I'm glad that my bougainvillea is still alive and so as my baby banana tree.

Yeah, sure I am dreaming of having tropical climate in Canada but that's too much to ask and not applicable as raging wildfire can complicate the warming effect of the environment when the energy turns into heat as in "thermodynamic."

 My parents have fruit trees along the fence of their home. They have jackfruit, breadfruit and banana trees, and one coconut tree. I don't know if they still have the papaya trees and guava tree. Good for them. Actually when I was younger the old house we have in Makati was surrounded by fruit trees: caimito or star apple tree, guava tree, coconut tree, banana trees, mango, camias, guyabano. When the house was expanded or had an extension those trees were then cut off and the only plants still visible are the fortune plants and what could be don't really know now haven't returned home yet since year 2005.

ARBOR DAY alright for tree planters and huggers.

Would you hug a 500 year old tree?

A 500 year old tree was a tree planted at the time of Magellan's exploration in Philippines. It was the time period of Christianity and Catholicism pilgrimage in the Philippines. A 500 year old tree in Canada would be the giant tree in Cathedral Grove. How can we know? It is through the rings of the trunk of the  tree represents the chronological year of the tree and holds the secret of their own existence. It also provides the sunspots, of how hot or cold every year by looking at the color of the rings. 

Sunspot happened every 12 years. Every 12 years the heat of the sun is crucial and it is very hot and the atmosphere is very humid. Beware of the severity of the sunspot this year as it can cause cancer. Year 2010's sunspot is  chaotic and year 2022 is we don't know yet.  

Just hoping Arbor Day is not meant to be boring.

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Oopsi, the link of the TREES and Tree Ring Research is at my blog THE CONSCIOUS MIND.