Hakuna Matata

As we all know,

In 1906, Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg made the Pecan tree the state tree of Texas. The story goes that Hogg had a Pecan tree planted at his grave instead of
a traditional headstone, requesting that the nuts be distributed throughout the
state to make Texas a "Land of Trees." [Instead he got the Land of Nuts!!
- Ed.]

Anyway, thanks to an intrepid reader, I was forwarded the Dean's two page letter that undoubtedly constitutes the most heartfelt composition ever written about four trees.

In case you didn't read it, it starts at the beginning, chronicling the trees' two year stint within the manacles of drip line fences during the school's construction. From there, we learn the torrid details of the trees' four year relationship with one, Dr. Watson; an urban forester from A&M that cared / did nothing for our foliaged friends.

Today, as the circle of life continues, the trees with voluptuous nuts have been removed and replaced by new trees. The school mourns their loss.

In case you're keeping track at home, the score is: 2 pages about trees; 1 sentence about "voluptuous nuts." As the author of this blog, I have a feeling "voluptuous nuts" isn't going down without a fight.