Archangel Raphael Wears Reeboks Too!

I guess alot of people wouldn't "get" this, but I've been really upset about some gorgeous trees on our property that got weighed down in the snowstorm.  Now, these are some HUGE and HEAVY trees ---- it's not a simple matter of a stake and some rope and you're done.  I've toiled with thoughts of having them cut down and taken away (very expensive), or having someone come here to try to "do something" with them (also very expensive).  No one in the household seems much bothered by the trees left for dead except me.  And that's ok too - I realize that not everyone is quite as sensitive and "attached" to living things as I am.  I've also been HERE, at the house, for some 40+ days now, and you know how that is - you "see" things you might not even normally notice quite as much.

In any event, I was browsing around some of my favorite fantasy art sites earlier today and saw this one by Selina Fenech that I had admired some years ago but had forgotten about:

and I thought to myself....."Wow, that drawing depicts exactly how I feel about those dying trees in the backyard!"  In fact, I also have a tree stump just like that in my front yard - where the neighbors cut down a tree long ago (it's on the borderline of our properties).

I'm sorry people, but chopped down and/or dying trees make me sad.  That's just the truth.

Later on this evening, I had settled in to do some online work when my neighbor came to the front door and said, "I just wanted to let you know, we're in your backyard checking out your tree situation."

The next thing I know, she and I are sitting on my back deck with the animals (hers, mine, ours) watching her husband and his friend literally standing these huge trees up with the help of some ropes and tools!  Honestly, I didn't know whether to applaud or cry or swirl up a huge batch of margaritas!

 Huge thanks to Kevin 

and his generous friend whom I have never even met before!

There are no guarantees of course, BUT....I happen to believe, with a little nurturing and loving kindness, there is hope for my beloved ones.

And...with more people like this, there is hope for mankind.

Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
~Kahlil Gibran