by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 5, 2025 | Gifts, nature, trees
Alabama enjoys the distinction of having the most diverse varieties of trees in the US! It is lush and green and beautiful from state line to state line without being overly stressful in geography or weather. For me, Alabama truly has been God’s country. It has...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 24, 2023 | experiences, grief
File under “ I don’t think insurance covers that”: A couple of days after the storm I was attempting to comfort our distressed young male disabled crippled cat. He was not having it and started twisting in my arms. I suddenly realized that one claw of his...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2023 | nature, trees
Loved watching a TED talk by Suzanne Simard about her 30 years of research in forests in Canada on how trees communicate with one another and transfer molecular nutrients through microrhizzal networks. I’m an arboreal enthusiast, having spent lots of time in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 12, 2023 | healing, holiness, memories, worship
Our daughter drove me to the outpatient surgery center in Birmingham, AL this morning for the planned thyroid right lobectomy. We arrived at the door promptly at 5 a.m. and I was registered, gowned, and waiting for the anesthesiologist and surgeon pre-op review and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2022 | trees
7/26/2016 I loved watching a TED talk today at lunch by Suzanne Simard about her 30 years of research in forests in Canada on how trees communicate with one another and transfer molecular nutrients through microrhizzal networks. I’m an arboreal...
