Today is Arbor Day.
This is a holiday that I usually miss. In fact, I thought I had. But no, today is Arbor Day, another one of those holidays that is hard to celebrate when you are supposed to stay home. The Arbor Day Foundation has a list of things you can do to celebrate trees while practicing social distancing. Me, I’m going to color.
If you want to color with me (or have your kids color some trees in honor of Arbor Day), download some of these pages. There are a ton of tree coloring pages out there, but I like the detail on this site.
You can also read books about trees (anything except The Giving Tree, please.) There are a lot of lists if you want a new recommendation. If you want a marvelous book about trees and forests, I recommend The Big Burn by Timothy Egan and A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
I’m not much of a hugger of people or trees, but I’ll thank a tree out loud for all it does for us. You can join me if you want, or just sing the song from Paint Your Wagon. Even better, listen to the Smothers Brothers version.