Listening to the Trees – They are Talking to us!

By Carol & Lu Dawn

Oft times they are found whispering quietly in the background; while at other times they stand proud and tall and speak boldly to us!

One may ask how this is possible; they tell us their ages by the number of rings in their trunks.  They speak out through the paper made from their bodies.  But in order to do these tasks, they must give their lives to us.  Once the oldest tree on earth was cut down just to have her rings counted and now hangs on the wall of a bar someplace in Nevada or other western desert place.  When the "scientist" completed the count and passed the age of Jesus, he left the motel in disgust of what he had done.

They carry stories in the nails and barbed wire found inside of them or clinging to their outer skins of bark, some of which have initials carved into them.  But the truth is they talk to us with the wind.  They whisper to us each time the winds blows through their leaves, limbs, and branches.  And that is the true language of the ‘trees’.

Lu Dawn has wished she could talk "Tree" and in some ways she does speak "Tree" as so many genealogists do!

It is good that the trees cannot tell us everything, as some pretty good old times have been had under their umbrellas. 

Never mind the Roots that have traveled here and there, just like our families; you see they do talk.  Just as in time of Little Tree, with all the ‘Marriage Stick’ of his great-grandparents had to say.

They talk to us through a system of ‘Family Trees”.  These family trees can be found recorded onto paper the trees gave their lives for. 

Carol tells she has seen a person seeking a genealogical ‘dowser’ and that would be one who uses a tree branch correctly chosen for the job. 

Let us know when the ‘dowser’ arrives as we want to watch and maybe get a chance to help out a bit!