#paintingdiaries #watercolor 🌱 It’s time to plant a tree, a tree. What shall it be? What shall it be? Let’s plant a pine—we can’t go wrong: a pine is green the whole year long. Let’s plant a maple—more than one, to shade us from the summer sun. Let’s plant a cherry—you know why: there’s nothing like a cherry pie! Let’s plant an elm, the tree of grace, where robins find a nesting place. Let’s plant an apple—not too small, with flowers in spring and fruit in fall. Let’s plant a fir—so it can be a lighted outdoor Christmas tree. Let’s plant a birch, an oak, a beech, there’s something extra-nice in each… in winter, summer, spring or fall. Let’s plant a … why not plant them ALL? (This is a children’s poem by Aileen Fisher)