Awesome pics again, @lynncoyle1. If you keep that up, we'll be there in no time, lol.
I remember seeing that impressive tree in one of your previous posts. Here, it would have been long gone, for sure.
I guess it's a disease typical for the so called 'first world': we are so used to all the luxury we have that we are like brainwashed, thinking we actually need it. We think - no, worse: we are taught - that we need it to be happy. It's no different from an addiction, and it is not easy to change that state of mind.
No, I'm wrong: it is easy, we are just afraid to make that choice...
On the lighter side: those pink buds look so beautiful and weird at the same time. And I'm with your boys, lol - lipstick was the last thing that came to mind, haha
You're right, we are taught to do exactly that. I used to show my students an online video called "The Story of Stuff"; check it out, it's about this kind of thing.
I was totally with my boys too, but thought I'd see what everyone else had to say lol. It took me a while to come up with lipstick haha