Today Dave, the Meeting Caretaker, came to the Turtle Room to talk with us about the logs in the grove. He told us that the tree was very old and had been sick for a long time. He said that unlike people, trees can be sick for many many many years before they die, and that when a tree is very old and sick, sometimes it has to be cut down so that it won't fall down on people. He also told us the story of a time when a great big tree had cracked in half, and he got to witness it! The children had lots of questions, and all wanted to share stories about trees that they had seen fall down or crack.
The children were eager to visit the logs again after talking with Dave, and so after some time on the playground, we headed over to the logs, carrying with us two baskets in case we wanted to collect things along the way. Dave had told us that you can know how old trees are by counting the rings on the tree, and so several children worked on counting the rings. There were a LOT of rings!
The children were also interested to see if there were still signs of the deer under the big acorn tree, and so we went to check it out. We ran into Dave again, and he told us that the deer also love the apple tree, and showed us where it was. There were lots of bees eating the sweet rotting fruit so we kept our distance.
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