Here is Elder Poulson standing by the “Jack Tree”.  There’s a story that goes with this, but it is too long to add here.  We will tell you all about it sometime.  It is or was standing in the Sacred Grove when Joseph knelt there to pray and is therefore a “witness” tree.  It had become diseased and old and fulfilled its time standing in the Grove.  Because it was deemed dangerous, the caretaker of the grove, Bob Parrott, had to cut it down.  It made us all very sad, but you can see from this picture just how diseased it was.  The inside of the tree was completely gone and was and is home to lots of critters.  Truly, it is the end of a very important era. 

Here is some early spring green trying to make its appearance in the Sacred Grove.