What are the trees talking about? The willows, all turned out in bright new green, are trading gossip. The maples, still in the crinkled, unfolding-butterfly-wing stage of leafing out, are asking questions, all a-wonder. The hickories are popping their leaves out of giant buds like fireworks, and they're that excited. But the #pines, the evergreen pines, they're murmuring about winter. "This is just a warm spell. Wait a bit, a short six months, and it'll be cool again." #wss366#microfiction
#Fire is unique to #Earth. As far as we know no other planet has fire. Here is a nice summary of the geological history of fire including its relation to the evolution of #pines and #grasses