Trees? Are my thing, I feel at home among them. I love trees, pure and simple, I always have and I always will. I guess it's not surprising that I have become a Sasquatch Researcher, because it gives me ample time to be among the trees as a search for the BIG Girl, many of which are ancient spirits with much magic. Trees are life; they help all living beings, including us humans. They simply make us feel better, more at ease, and help to guide us through tough times and? They shade us from the heat of the summer sun. Trees are living, breathing spirits and they know how to give a hug, literally.
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| The Mamma Oak |
Just a short walk from home is a nature area filled with massive old Oak trees, and it is in this area where my beloved owls tend to nest. In this area, there lives a huge, century plus oak tree who exudes nurturing and feminine energy the moment you are in her presence. I call her the Mamma Oak. She is without a doubt the mamma of all the oaks in the area, and she is stunningly beautiful. Her limbs drop down like arms, embracing all who come to her. She is nurturing, calming, healing, and a definite blessing to all. When I am feeling down and out, a visit with Mamma Oak is what I need. I rest my face on her trunk and yes, I hug her. The feeling of her energy flows through and around me making me feel immediately better; calmness, oneness, it's all there. She is nothing short of amazing.
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| Grandmother Pine |
In the place we have dubbed the SquatchHERS research area, an area within a very large wildlife sanctuary, there lives many old pines, a couple I have come to know and visit each time I walk the woods there. These two are quite old, and by old? I mean centuries.
Grandmother is most likely between 150 and 200 years old, and has intense and nurturing
energy, much like Mamma Oak, but in a different way. If she could speak, I can only imagine what she would tell us. She is difficult to get to, lots of brush around her but I always make the trek to her, hug her, rest my cheek on her trunk and breathe. She gives me so much, and I hope? She receives the love and energy I share with her, it is minute compared to what she gives to me, but it's something I try to give back.
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| Mamma Pine |
A couple miles further into the woodlands and wetlands lives another century plus pine, and of course this one I call Mamma Pine. Like Mamma Oak her limbs feel like they are embracing you when you go to her. You can't help but feel good when you touch her and take in her beautiful energy. And? I'm pretty sure the other pines near her are her offspring, much the same as Mamma Oak. She is Beautiful!
My own yard is simply full of trees, truly my sanctuary. When we moved in, there was but one Maple tree on the property line in front and a lonely Ash in back by the driveway. It was a simply bland suburban lot. 21 years later, the two Maple trees I planted in the back have thrived and are now enormous untamed beauties. The evergreen I planted in the front shortly after we moved in has grown into a gorgeous welcoming presence in continual battle with the Elm tree for space to breathe. I had originally thought the Elm was a weed in the corner of my garden; but? I discovered that it was an Elm, who has a fighting and stubborn tree spirit. I stepped back and watched this tree spirit do its thing, and now this tree is simply amazing.
Trees are sentient beings; they love and support each other (proven by many scientists) and us. They teach us much about patience, healing, and calmness. I will always save and protect them, and nuture the tree spirits with all I have. They, after all, are weaved into the fabric that this Moonchild is made of :)
--StephieJean
My own yard is simply full of trees, truly my sanctuary. When we moved in, there was but one Maple tree on the property line in front and a lonely Ash in back by the driveway. It was a simply bland suburban lot. 21 years later, the two Maple trees I planted in the back have thrived and are now enormous untamed beauties. The evergreen I planted in the front shortly after we moved in has grown into a gorgeous welcoming presence in continual battle with the Elm tree for space to breathe. I had originally thought the Elm was a weed in the corner of my garden; but? I discovered that it was an Elm, who has a fighting and stubborn tree spirit. I stepped back and watched this tree spirit do its thing, and now this tree is simply amazing.
Trees are sentient beings; they love and support each other (proven by many scientists) and us. They teach us much about patience, healing, and calmness. I will always save and protect them, and nuture the tree spirits with all I have. They, after all, are weaved into the fabric that this Moonchild is made of :)
--StephieJean
