Likes for Trees III: We Are The Tree Amigos 🌳🌳🌳

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #3

On my travels I have seen many different types of trees, one of my favourites was Mangroves and I had the opportunity in New Zealand to walk along a raised walkway between the trees then canoe back through the waterways surrounding them

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #4

We moved from New Zealand to the UK when I was about 7, it took me years before I understood why there were no Pohutukawas flowering at Christmas

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #5

After moving to England there was a cherry tree in the garden that we used to climb as children

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #6

We had to stop climbing the cherry tree when a particularly heavy cousin came to visit and on his attempt to climb the tree, the branch that we as children could reach broke off the tree and both branch and cousin left dents in the grass.

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #7

Now I have a child of my own I have had to get over the constant desire to stand by the tree that she is climbing ready to catch her if she falls

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #8

Having a daughter, and recently moving to a larger flat, we are now going to have to have the discussion about whether or not to have a real tree for Christmas

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #9

We recently took my daughter to a local park where fallen trees have been converted to tree stump stools or tree trunk benches and she was amazed by this and went home to redesign her bedroom to have a fairy tree trunk bed

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thoughts on trees #10

A tree nearly killed me once; we were canoeing down a river in Wales and went one by one through some white water.  Around the corner a tree had fallen down across the river and one by one we got stuck under it until the next person in line knocked us free.  I was last in line and there was no-one to push me free so I remember looking up at the water flowing over my face and seeing the surface about 5 cm above me.  Luckily for me the first person down saw that I hadn't come free and jumped in to pull me out.

And that's 10 thoughts for 10 likes!

[Ronald Bergmann]

About two and a half thousands left - keep 'em comin'!

P.S.: Poor cherry tree @Stephen_Lugton :/

[Morgan Watts]

@Stephen_Lugton I ain't never seen a Pohutukawas tree before and now I want one. Maybe there's a Lego version so I don't have to be concerned about killing it (or laws regarding importing that tree to VA).

[Dan Breyen]

We're under 2000 with 7 days to go.  

[Ronald Bergmann]

Good job folks! We're burning through this challenge like a wildfire through the woo...

[Summer Hogan]

Great thoughts @Stephen_Lugton! Love all of them! 

[Dan Breyen]

Well we did over 1000 today, with < 700 left, will we finish 5 days early?  Maybe we should get bonus trees!!!

[Stephen_Lugton]

Making good progress, as I write this we have 225 likes left to go!

[Stephen_Lugton]

Only 1 more like needed, and I've run out of likes!

[Tomislav Tobijas _Koios_]

Wooo we did it! 🎉🎉🎉 Nice one everyone!

[Ronald Bergmann]

Couldn't even spend my last 20 or so. Great job!

@Monique vdBwe need a stretch goal in here ;)

[Dan Breyen]

You finished w/o me!  

[Rafaela Orlando]

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lets do it

[Valerie Knapp]

Nice work everyone!

[Monique vdB]

40,000 trees - more trees than we've ever planted before! 

🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

What do we think - 50,000 trees next year?!?!?

[Monique vdB]

Welcome to the "we have a Plethora" bonus round! With your daily max lowered to 50, can we plant 5,000 more trees before August is over?! LET'S DO IT!

[Monique vdB]

And @Stephen_Lugton thanks for the 10-part thoughts on trees, nicely done! @Ronald Bergmann you were right about the stretch goal, we did need one, for the first time EVER. And @Dan Breyen and anyone else who did, thanks for suggesting bonus trees, YOU GOT IT. 

                   

Here's a better look at the badge image 😆

[Monique vdB]

I'm having way too much fun