Welcome to our blog (yes it really is about a tree)!

We are (from left to right) Jaeger Johnson, Izzy Lopez, and Renee Tung. We are current E&EB 223L students studying the diversity of life. We are documenting the life of a river birch tree, which we named Tina, in order to bring focus to the nature which is all around us (and which we frequently neglect). Our almost-daily blog posts will take many forms: creative writing, haikus, diary entries, etc. to bring a colorful image of Tina, one character in a vast story of the natural world we experience every second of every day. So join us, as we embark on a journey to bring back nature into our lives, instead of focusing on solely the "human" aspects of life.