My Trees Welcomed Me

Renegade trees pop up faster than dandelions all over my yard I live in the country where I credit good old fashioned Kansas clay. I wake up in the morning and bam, six new stalwart soldiers. They guard wildlife as well as me, of course. Fox, wolf, squirrel, bunnies, owls and cardinals live in these trees. They prance or hop out sometimes, just to show me they are there. I have elm, mulberry, willow, walnut, oak and acorns for sure. I do not rake up any walnuts or acorns, preferring to feed squirrels. I am rarely gone, but one time I was gone for four whole days. When I drove down my drive, the trees waved in elaborate ways. Their branches were flying up in the air on both sides, like a hello. As soon as the car stopped, the waving stopped. My husband asked me “What is up with those trees?” “I think they were telling me hello,” I replies. I hugged them extra hard that day, And I swear they squeezed me back.