You know what I abhor?

Rachelle here.  I break my writing hibernation for a very important topic.  There have been many topics cross my mind these last few months - many things I wanted to write about and I'm sure you would have enjoyed my thoughts on those issues, but I just didn't have the time.  Now though, now I'm really steamed and I'll make time.  

Plus, this will be a fairly short post.

Back to what I abhor!

Evergreen trees.  Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Fir - all of them.  I loathe evergreens. 

Look at these trees.  In this picture there is clearly a good tree and clearly a bad tree.  Let's discuss this further, shall we?

#1: Evergreens are not pleasing to the eye.  Not to my eye, anyway.  They are ALL the exact same ugly shade that is especially hideous when the pinecones form on the end of each branch, turning the trees a burnt green color.  When that's all there is to stare at for miles, it gets irritating. 

#2: Evergreens are full of pitch - especially spruce.  You get near a spruce tree and you discover there is pitch everywhere - it WILL get in hair, on clothes, on shoes, and on hands.  I have had to cut pitch out of my hair when I was younger - a scarring occasion. 

#3: Evergreens poke.  They don't have leaves, they have needles.  Needles POKE.  Enough said.

#4: Evergreens are evergreen.  They don't change.  We look at that ugly shade of green 12 months out of the year.  Yes, with deciduous trees we see naked branches for a few months (although those branches are sometimes graced with frost or snow and that is also beautiful).  But that's what makes us appreciate when the buds come, then when the leaves unfurl, and even more so when they become a riot of colors in the fall!  The change is beautiful - the evergreens don't change.  It gets irritating.

#5:  Evergreens are inaccessible.  You can not climb an evergreen and have it be a good experience.  The branches are too close together, the bark is rough, the pitch is everywhere, the needles poke you everywhere - it just can't be cheerfully done.  

#6.  Evergreens can have pine needles on their trunks.  Stupid.

I'm sure I could go on but you get the point.  I really don't like evergreens.  Except for Christmas time.  This totally does not include Christmas time.

Rachelle out.