Now Tweeting: Penny the Pin Oak

This is pretty funny.

People can follow Penny on Twitter by visiting twitter.com/PennyOak. Residents are also invited to take pictures of themselves with Penny. The clearly marked tree is located in the southeast corner of the park. Send photos to treemail@bridgingthegap.org. Some photos will be shared through Twitter.

Penny is one of 135 trees that will be tagged in the second annual Tree Tag campaign. Temporary price tags installed on the trees will show the monetary value of their environmental, economic and social benefits. The 2008 campaign helped the Heartland Tree Alliance (HTA) earn a Gold Leaf Award from the International Society of Arboriculture for Outstanding Arbor Day Activities. Tree tags will be installed in the next week in six counties: Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The benefits of all the tagged trees are valued at more than $2.4 million.

So far Penny's Tweets have been considerably more interesting than most. A sampling (or would that be a "sapling"?):

That squirrel is tickling my roots!

and

The sun isn't even up yet and I've already absorbed so much carbon!

and

I'm really looking forward to the sun tomorow- I'm ready to sprout some leaves!

and

Hello, sun! It's time to photosynthesize.

Obviously a quick learner. Hello sun! It's time to start the day.