I watched this awesome program about trees this weekend. I know, kind of like watching golf on TV, right?

Actually, it was fascinating. I learned all about the Banyan tree, this crazy tree that looks like it should be in a Tim Burton movie. The third largest banyan tree lives on Thomas Edison's estate in Florida, I'll have you know. These trees grow aerial roots that sprout from the limbs and descend to the ground like long tentacles. At first the roots are stringy, like tubes of spaghetti, but after time they grow until they're basically the size of trunks. It looks like many trees twisted and fused together, when in fact it is actually one tree. Crazy.



I guess the largest Banyan is in Sri Lanka. Here's a cool article that explains that the Banyan trees are sometimes called "the trees that walk," because the tree moves forward slowly with every trunk it puts out.


The amazing Angel Oak in Charleston, SC

Trees. Charleston has really beautiful trees, with Spanish moss hanging romantically from the branches. There's a tree called the Angel Oak that we used to drive by all the time on our way to Haut Gap Elementary School on St. John's Island. It's a beautiful oak tree, one of the oldest on the East coast, with twisty, spiraling arms covering 1,700 square feet.


You've gotta love a pink tree

I fell in love with the dogwood tree after watching this program. There was an entire segment about Knoxville, Tennessee, the Dogwood Capitol of the world. I have now decided that my life will not be complete until I have a house with a pink and white dogwood tree outside, preferably outside the window of my office with hardwood floors and white flowy curtains and lots of books. (If you build it in your mind, it will come.)

Then there are the redwoods, and aspen trees, and just hundreds of other beautiful varieties. I am in love with trees today. My favorite one right now is the one below, though. It's the one that waits to say good morning to me every day, and doesn't care if I have towel cone head sometimes. Isn't she lovely?


My friend the tree.

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