HOME IS WHERE YOUR TREES ARE : Page 3

No reason is necessary. The hieing, the sense of a need being gratified by trees, is enough. But underlying gratification there is always cause, and to catch a glimmering of any cause is to sharpen its effect. When a man says, "I love that tree," he means the same as when he says, "That picture does something for me." He will the more convince himself (as well as you) if he can continue, "Because it seems to buttress my house," or "Because it commands all my grounds," or "It gives us shade in summer and a windbreak in winter." Or he may say, "We often sit out under it and watch the night." Some people personalize their trees: "There's grandpa, there's grandma, and that grove beyond is the rest of the family." Birth, marriage, and death trees are still planted by many families as a matter of course.