This May, our family have been blessed with the birth of my son, Hunter; a spunky, snorting ball of cuteness.
Our native trees nursery, meanwhile, was privileged to be visited by the very pleasant former Environment Secretary Mr. Victor Ramos; a meeting which got delayed by a few weeks due to my wife’s pregnancy condition that had me personally attending to. Mr. Ramos is beefing up his inventory of Philippine native trees at his arboretum in Pangasinan and was happy to find some of the species he’s looking for here at the nursery. The kindly former Secretary even gifted us with two signed books which he himself authored, namely “San Miguel de Mayumo : Growth, Decline and Renewal of a Museum Town” and ”The Governance of Ecology : Struggles and Insights in Environmental Statemanship”. The first book, which highlights my hometown, immediately took my attention and made me want to read on right there and then but we have a lot of farm work going on at the moment so reading will have to take its time later.
Once again Mr. Vic Ramos, thank you for the books, for sharing the same passion and for supporting our cause.
