Friday, December 17, 2010

Tree Hospitality

Trees have a gift for
   hospitality.

They welcome each
   wing clad discoverer,
   searcher, wanderer, and
   homesick body.
They give them a place to BE
   at home.

No protest just open arms;
Bark and branches
Bugs and berries
leaves and nests
all offered freely.

Hospitality is not
   passive!



Richard W Smith

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I love trees. They offer me hospitality - particularly, in fact primarily at this point (trying to embrace winter but not doing that well....), in the summer as the sunlight shines thru their green leaves. Actually, one of your pictures - trees filling the whole picture with sunlight shining thru a clearing in the middle - is on my desktop. I just LOVE that picture : ) Thank you!

Richard W Smith said...

Thanks Kathy. Glad you liked the picture!!! have a great Christmas.