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Thursday 9th of July 2026

Trees The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the next best time is now. Chinese proverb © 2016 Kwiple.com
Trees I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. Ogden Nash, “Song of the Open Road” © 2016 Kwiple.com
Trees Like humans, forests have always migrated for their survival, with new trees growing in more hospitable directions and older trees  dying where they are no longer best suited to live. The problem now is that they simply can’t move fast enough. The average forest migrates at a rate of roughly 1,640 feet each year, but to outrun climate change, it must move approximately 9,800 to 16,000 feet — up to 10 times as fast. And in most habitats, the impact of highways, suburban sprawl, and megafarms prevents forests from expanding much at all. Forests simply cannot escape climate change by themselves. Laura Markham, Mother Jones, November/December 2021 © 2021 Kwiple.com
 
Trees A tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. William Blake, letter to Rev. John Trusler, August 16, 1777 © 2017 Kwiple.com