| Named for Joyce Kilmer, the poet who wrote Trees, my Kilmer is performing the ritual of planting an acorn at a child s birth, commemorating the new life. Behind him is an old tree that has died, planted at the birth of his own father. His father s name is Wash, as was my grandfather's. The name is carved in the tree in Runic, the language used by Gnomes and Woodspirits on important occasions. If you are a kindred spirit of the little people, then you will be able to see the grandfather s face on the tree. Early editions have a German coin which depicts a lady similarly planting a tree. On later editions a 1928 penny was placed on top of the first coin, for the year the artist was born. |