ROBERTS BLOG
All About Trees
“If the forest should disappear, civilization would become extinguished on earth. It is the duty of an enlightened community to plant trees, and to so care for them that posterity shall not suffer… ”
Joseph Decaisne (1873). French botanist
There is a quote that goes something like, ‘You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed’. It comes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery...
I have a theory that trees can’t read. My theory is based in part because I’ve never seen a tree purchase a book and in part because trees don’t...
I accept that strange things happen – because they do, I accept that trees don’t always do what they are supposed to do – because they don’t and I...
Visualise if you will, a Lion’s tail; a smooth tapering tail with a tuft of fur at the end. When seen on a lion or a feather duster the...
When they say that a ‘leopard can’t change its spots’ they are not talking about the evolutionary process that lead to spots or the genetic make-up...
I’ll take the opportunity now to write something that is unlikely to be seen – something destined to hide in the blogasphere… in...
