Entings, by Austrian photographer Rainer Mirau

Entings - Queimadas, Madeira

Entings are juvenile Ents (Lord of the Rings), got it? ;-)

by: silent-moment.com

A Tribute to Trees

 

The Healing power of trees

Here’s just a sampling of what researchers have discovered about our relationship with trees:

 

    ·        Hospital patients with a window view of trees need less pain medication and are 
         discharged sooner than patients with treeless views.

 ·        Given a choice between a scene with trees and one without trees, people of all ages and ethnic groups from various countries prefer the scene with trees regardless of whether they live in urban, suburban or rural areas.

 ·        Just knowing that natural places are available nearby makes a residence more appealing to buyers.

 ·        People are more satisfied with their neighborhoods if there are trees on or near their property. They describe their quality of life as safer, more pleasant and are more satisfying than people living in homes without trees nearby.

 ·        Residents living in apartments with a window view of tress are significantly less aggression toward family members than those whose windows look onto concrete, asphalt or barren earth.  This includes their making fewer insults and threats and other psychologically aggressive behavior.

 ·        Police report lower crime rates in areas of public housing developments that have a density of trees.

 ·        Residents of urban public housing use common spaces with trees more often than common spaces that are barren of trees.

Listen to the wind, by Hayley Westenra

Time is a river that flows endlessly
And a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream

Shadows dance behind the firelight
And all the spirits of the night remind us:
We are not alone

Tomorrow: a sun soon rising
And yesterday is there beside us
And it's never far away

If you listen to the wind you can hear me again
Even when I'm gone you can still hear the song
High up in the trees as it moves through the leaves
Listen to the wind, there's no end to my...

Love is forever a circle unbroken
The seasons keep changing; it always remains

Spring will melt the snows of winter
And the summer gives us days of light
So long till autumn makes them fade

Remember the sound of laughter
We ran together through the meadows
Still we thought our hearts could break

If you listen to the wind, you can hear me again
Even when I'm gone you can still hear the song
High up in the trees as it moves through the leaves
Listen to the wind and I'll send you my love

Listen to the wind where the sky meets the land
I'm not really gone I've been here all along
High up in the trees in the sound of the leaves
Listen to the wind there's no end to my...

Time is a river that flows to the sea
And a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream.

The Sweetheart Tree, by Natalie Wood

Lyrics by Henry Mancini

They say there's a tree in the forest

A tree that will give you a sign

Come along with me to the Sweetheart Tree

Come and carve your name next to mine

They say if you kiss the right sweetheart

The one you've been waiting for

Big blossoms of white will burst into sight

And your love will be true evermor

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree, by the Vernon Sisters

"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" is a popular song that was made famous by Glenn Miller and by the Andrew Sisters during World War II.