The Currency of Trees

Walking the furry ones and watched the yellow leaves flutter to the ground. Dead leaves make that unique, slightly cracking/brittle sound when they fall into each other, and it got me thinking how "money doesn't grow on trees."

And I found myself wishing it did.

How great it would be to have coins fall to the ground…but then I thought it wouldn't be so great—not for the birds. No place to hide or live, no soft material for their nest. And really, no good for us, either. Who wants to get...