I hope both old and new members alike will stop in and say hello when they visit Treehuggers.   We love all the articles, petitions, etc posted but also the commaraderie of a personal greeting.   May each of you have a great weekend and remember.....plant a tree!

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Good morning dear Treehuggers!   If you are not too busy, be sure to stop in and tell us hello!

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Good morning one and all!   May each of you have a blessed day!   Well Halloween is tomorrow so for those who celebrate, please be safe!

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Good morning everybody.....I hope you have a blessed weekend.    Plant a tree!  

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Hey Vicky, kinda quiet over in this thread lol......how you doing?? Just popping in to say hello! Still catching up with things!
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Hello to all members!

Greetings to you with a photo of the trees near me here in my home valley.

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Hello Tracy and Sade!   Great to see some visitors here....I get tired of 'greeting' myself.  LOL

Sade, I love the photo of the trees in your area.   There is a photo thread, too, if you'd like to post more.    None of us ever get tired of looking at them (trees).

Tracy, your tree graphic with the red leaves is awesome!

Here, I brought some coffee and donuts for everyone! 

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Sade, here are 2 links in within the group that you may want to read or add to:

Tree Quotes:

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=4119&pst=1233495&reply=1#1235448

Tree Poetry:

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=4119&pst=145605

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HI Sade and Vicky!  Good to see you both here, love the tree pic Sade!  Coffee and donuts sounds great, although those look like bagels in the pic.....but I'd go for either right now! LOL  Starving!

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Also wanted to add....Sade, if that is near where you live, you are so lucky!!  How beautiful with the water running through the rolling landscape....gorgeous!

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Thank you Vicky and Tracy.

Yes, the photo I send yesterday, is really taken very near my home. Here a photo from our house and yard in winter. The river is frozen and covered with snow.

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Wow, the last pic you posted Sade looks like a scene on a post card.  It is beautiful and you are so blessed to live there.

Oops, Tracy those are bagels.  teehee!   Boy, I'm blinder than I thought.   They could be the 'Everything' Bagel that I love.

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Sage, your area is even prettier in the winter!!  I agree with Vicky, you are truly blessed to live amongst such beautiful scenery!

Vicky, I think those are sesame seed bagels in the pic....but I know the EVERYTHING bagels you speak of....they are my favorite too!!  I like to get them on my breaks at work...delicious!! 

Hope all my fellow Treehuggers have a great day....or night, depending on where you are!
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This is a photo I took of a trail that was directly behind my old home in Northern Maine. Beautiful here...





http://www.care2.com/c2c/photos/view/184/577339509/My_Garden/

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Lovely photos Tracy and Mari....everything looks so peaceful.

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Absolutely beautiful photos Mari!!  So pretty!!!  Oh Mari, did you happen to get my friendship invite over at Facebook?  Was trying to take part in the cause we were discussing on the other thread with you...but I didn't see it approved yet.

Hi Vicky!  I'm having a hard time getting back to here like I wanted to.....still need a little more time, so much going on in life all of a sudden.....a bit overwhelmed I am!

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Take your time, Tracy...I know how it is.   We're happy to see you and I know you'll be back in full swing as soon as you can.   These things take time and it's so hard to get back on tract when you have a busy schedule.

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A partnership operation out of Charlotte, NC went to a flood plain area north of town, in Huntersvill, NC and planted 2500 trees on Friday and Saturday, November 20th and 21st. What a great event this was by our group: Creek Releaf!

Check out our webiste:  Creek Releaf

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I haven't been here because I have been too sad since I lost my house with the 320 plus trees my family planted ourselves.  There is still a chance of getting it back- the folks that bought it are selling now (after taking out the beautiful fireplace and chopping down some pines) and there is a chance that we could get it back- but that will depend on someone else: the guy who owes my son $250,000. 

Our credit is shot due to foreclosure- we did everything we could to save it- and had, and still have the income to make the payments, but it was "too late."  We can't buy but the guy who owes my son $250,000 wants to buy it- through investors- when his project is done- but he never gets done, he keeps adding more to it, even though it is already all that the investors want and more. 

So it's all up in the air and we don't know if we will get it back or not.  I have to try not to think about it too much or I'd cry my eyes out.  We're living in an apartment.  My middle son, 22, and I miss it so much.  This is a different son, who has Aspberger's Syndrome and really needs the outdoors.  He used to get up early in the morning and sit very still for an hour in order to see the wild animals- deer, raccoons, opossums, skunks, rabbits, etc.  Butterflies would land on his hand and hummingbirds sat on his shoulder.  (His name is Judah- this is a different son than the one who is owed a lot of money.) 

We took care of it together, and it was nothing to trim the 70 fruit trees each year, transplant things where they would grow better, weed and plant wildflower seeds, trim the grapes and tend the berries etc.  Most people won't do outdoor work but we love the outdoors.  In summer my daughter Rose and I would harvest every morning and had baskets and baskets of fruit to share.  In winter we had herbs like peppermint everywhere to use for colds, sore throats, etc.  Lots of medicinal plants. 

We don't know how much of what we put into it is still there but would rather get it back no matter how many pines they  cut down.  After Christmas, 7 foot pines sell for $15 to $20 until New Years Day when they throw them all away- Grrr!  So we will be buying some pines after Christmas to replace any they chopped down. 

I just hate how so many people view the earth and trees.  The earth is a "mess" to "clean up" and they just junk the plants.  And trees are "problems" that "pollute" the ground with leaves.  They fail to understand all the mysteries and beauties of the earth, how what it gets covered with is so beautiful and if you don't like weeds just plant a lot of wildflower seeds, and that trees leaves feed their roots and that keeps them going. 

They are so tuned in to TV they can't appreciate watching a trees leaves blowing in the wind or a sunrise or sunset, and they don't hear- or don't like bird songs.  When we bought the property it was just bare dirt and we planted everything that's there.  I watched the trees grow from tiny bareroot sticks to a glorious forest, so they are like children to me and I pine for them (pardon the pun).  If only we could get it back- it could still happen- if no tree haters get to buy it first! 

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P.S. I had photos of it on my profile- they should still be there- taken about 2 years after we moved there, if you want to see it.  Let me know if you can't find it there.  

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Ernie, a BIG congratulations on the tree plantings!   That makes me extremely happy.   Wow!  I cannot believe (when I click on the link) that the red areas are loss of trees.   Gee, so many lost.   How many trees does that represent?  I am so sick of buildings, roads, shopping centers being built at the expense of beautiful forests.   Don't people realize the amount of carbon monoxide that goes into our atmosphere every time a tree is cut?   No wonder it is so hot nowadays.   This country needs to realize we need to SAVE trees....NOT cut them down!

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Marie, how sad that you lost your beautiful home that was surrounded by so many lovely trees and gave you and your son hours of joy watching the wildlife that lives there and allowed you and Rose to harvest fruit crops.   I have one Satsuma tree and I know I got at least 300 satsumas off of it and I, too, shared with many people.   How awesome that butterflies and hummingbirds would land on your son.....it sounds like Heaven.  I pray that somehow you will be able to get your home back soon.   Can't figure why anyone would tear out the fireplace, though.   However, if people today don't seem to care about the beauty of trees and/or the wildlife they support how can I think they would appreciate a fireplace in a home.   What a task of planting 320 trees!   I can only imagine how sad it is to leave them.   Keep the faith and who knows what lies ahead.  Oh, I tried to view your photos but didn't see them on your profile page unless I missed them somehow.

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Good morning everyone....may each of you have a blessed Sunday.

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I hope this pic isn't too large but here is my Satsuma tree.    I have picked over half of the fruit off of the tree (and given most away) and there is still so much.   God truly blessed me with this wonderful gift....it seems like I pick one and two come back in it's place. 

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Oh, and you can't tell by this picture but most of them are as big as a small grapefruit!    So juicy and sweet and seedless!

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Ernie, big kudos to you and your group for planting 2500 trees!!  That is terrific!  That many trees is essentially a whole new forest.....how wonderful!  More people need to have groups like that.....just think of how many trees could be planted....that's truly making a difference!

Marie, oh how devastating that you lost your property....that's horrible, I know how much you loved it.  I remember you telling us all about your property with all of the trees planted by hand when you first joined the group.  I truly hope you can get your property back.....I will send many prayers and positive thoughts and energy your way in hopes that good will prevail and you'll get back your land and all that is precious on it. 

Vicky, I never heard of that kind of fruit before....is that a citrus fruit?  It's a beautiful tree, and I'm sure the fruit is tasty!  Please tell me more about it!

s to all!

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A satsuma is like an orange only seedless; delicous and tasty and gets sweet after the first frost.   

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Sounds yummy!

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Please sign my petition in hopes of getting a Care2 app for the iPhone/iPod Touch developed.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/create-a-care2-app-for-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch

Thank You

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There's an app for everything else, why not Care2?  I think that is a great idea!  I signed! Would make it alot easier for people out and about to stay connected to Care2 and take actions.

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I signed right behind you, Tracy!     Thanks for the idea, Larry!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate it!

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Just wanted to take a moment to pop in here and wish all Treehuggers a very Happy Thanksgiving!
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