You Better Beleaf It! - a photo on Flickriver

            More than 250 species of trees (native and introduced) have been recorded in Illinois. Illinois forests provide habitat for more than 420 vertebrate species.

When you are first meeting a tree, it is ok to have feelings of shyness.   Proceed with patience, introduce yourself calmly and if you want to use a lighter wind whisper or lean gently along the trunk, it is recommended that you first ask permission. 

After asking permission, you should wait for the tree to answer.  The tree won't always respond in the way you would like and you might have to come back the next day.  Please respect that the tree might need some space and time and that it might have been exposed to trauma, including being side swiped by an axe, witnessing a natural disaster, losing all of it's leaves each year and nearly freezing to death, seeing sometimes their entire family being murdered so that a human could have toilet paper, and being left by a lover who went to build a snowperson instead.  

Really, you have to give your tree a whole lot of credit for still standing!

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Taken on: September 25, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/0, 1/2500 sec, 0mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	1/2500 sec
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.2 (Macintosh)
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