<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you Tracy for sharing, a beautiful and heartfelt poem ❤️<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 2, 2018, at 6:48 AM, Smith, Tracy via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I live in Ottawa and specifically, I live in Arlington Woods, one of the areas that was devastated by a tornado on September 21<sup>st</sup>. We are so thankful that
our home was not affected, it has given my family time to help friends and neighbors clear debris from their home.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">For those of you who are not familiar with Arlington Woods, it is a suburb of Ottawa and was built by Developer Robert Campeau between 1968 and 1980. It is like living
in a forest, yet we can drive to Parliament Hill in 20 minutes – well at least it use to be anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">When Campeau designed the neighborhood, he did not cut down all the trees because they were in the way, instead the homes were built with these trees in mind. These trees
were mainly white pine that were remnants of a large forest planted after a fire went through the area in 1870. Up until September 21<sup>st</sup>, these pines, along with large beech, oak and maples were in abundance, lining the streets of our beautiful sought
after neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Even amongst the vast amount of devastation and destruction to the many homes in the neighborhood, the residents, including those who were impacted are mourning the loss
of the trees, especially the white pines that once towered over the homes. My neighbor, Gina Radic wrote this poem and she was thrilled when I asked if I could share it with the broader Forestry community. Hope you enjoy it, I thought it worthwhile to share
with you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">To Those Who Mourn a Tree<br>
By Gina Radic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">Is it strange to mourn a tree,<br>
To shed my tears and softly weep?<br>
Would a stranger understand<br>
Why my feelings run so deep<br>
For a life, neither human<br>
Nor animal in form,<br>
But for which I cannot help<br>
But feel my heart, in two, is torn?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">Graceful giant that once stood<br>
Welcoming me home<br>
Now trunk and branches shattered,<br>
Like a giant broken bone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">A lawn that once was dappled<br>
By the sun’s game in its leaves<br>
The soothing swishing sound as<br>
Back and forth the branches weaved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">Feeding and protecting<br>
The squirrels I love to watch<br>
Gently cradling baby birds<br>
In their nest after they hatch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">Majestic sentinel that seemed<br>
To almost touch the sky<br>
Fond memories of my child<br>
From a limb, swinging high<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">I’d lay my hand upon its trunk<br>
Before its sad demise<br>
I’d think of history witnessed<br>
And marvel at its size<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">A century old spirit<br>
We settled on its land<br>
Lived and loved beneath its beauty<br>
This tree that was so grand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1D2129">All this is why I mourn a tree,<br>
Shed my tears and softly weep<br>
For its strength and grace now gone<br>
Leaving memories to keep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626">Tracy Smith, RPF<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626">Forester,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626">Forest Management Unit</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2625 Queensview Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626">Ottawa, ON K2B 8K2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Wingdings 2";color:#262626">7</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626"> (613)580-2611
</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#262626">+</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#262626"><a href="mailto:tracy.smith@ottawa.ca">tracy.smith@ottawa.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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