A Boy and his Tree

This is my boy and his tree. A tree that he climbs on. A tree that he swings from. It is a beautiful purple leafed plum tree. In the spring it is splended. It explodes with pink flowers and I can see it from my kitchen window. It brings me great joy. But not as much as it does my 5 year old. It is a boat, a fort and sometimes a submarine. We've had this IKEA swing on the tree for a while but I decided it needed a little quote .....doesn't everything? It's from The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein "Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy"