Are the trees are talking?

Monday June 29, 2020  At Blue Moon Ranch we are surrounded by Aspen trees and they are amazing wonders of nature.  They have small round flat leaves that tremble or “quake” at the slightest wind, and the sound they make is magical. They are also called Quaking Aspen, Trembling Poplar or Quakies.  They sprout new trees from one mother tree and a grove of Aspens is actually one organism. We have a forest of them in the front yard!  The Latin name for aspen is ‘populus tremula’ meaning trembling poplar because the leaves of the aspen appear to tremble in the wind. In Celtic mythology this visual effect was said to be the tree communicating between this world and the next. I can’t help but wonder if there a message from this beautiful tree. For one thing, it signaled a change in the weather and we might see more snow in the next day or so.  <sigh> 

As far as our Monday reopening update, numbers are still far too high. Hoping if we all wear masks, things will change in a few weeks.  Stay well~

Photo of the day: Our quakie doing it’s thing before the storm yesterday.