Shelter and Protection
Last night at Writer's Life, a group at our church, John shared a story about a special tree in his yard which had me thinking about some of my trees---especially the redbud and dogwood trees. I have spent good money buying redbud and dogwood trees even though they are native to Missouri. I have been lured by the the red leaves and pink blossoms of the cultivated trees, but those trees died. I, now have a yard full of dogwoods and redbuds which I never planted---they are "God-planted" trees. One of the dogwoods, in my front is about 36" from where I planted one of my store-bought trees. Another dogwood is right outside our sunroom and is framed by Dave's window. It forms a beautiful screen between us and our neighbor. My last dogwood, I call "bonsai"---it is way too close to our house and drive-way, but I love seeing it there, so I keep cutting it back. We have always had a redbud on our backyard berm---our current one was so ov...