actually, i don't find that strange in the slightest. i love to absorb fresh reiki, mana, whateva you wanna call it from the trees, plants, earth. here in cleveland there's this guy dr. grossman who wrote a really great book on that very subject...he also teaches classes about it...anyhow, the book is called "to be healed by the earth" it's a really good read. also, i dunno if you've read "the celestine prophecy" but they talk about gaining energy from plants and trees etc. another great book.

loving you sister.....now go hug another tree...it's good for you!

I don't hug trees so much as I pat them. I feel I get an idea from the trees where they would prefer to be touched, and I pat them there. And some trees want to be left alone. And sometimes, as I walk along, if I pat one I have to pat them all. Otherwise they will feel left out. They crave our comraderie just as much as we crave theirs. I tend to listen to all plants. Sometimes they will tell me their names. Well, whatever the English language equivalent is. I have been aware of this since I was still in my twenties. Seems like the older I get, the more in tune I am with all of them. They do bring me great joy, and I feel I give them something, too.