Story and photos by Gareth Kelly
With so much doom, gloom and, what seems at times, evil filling the news these days it can be hard to find those glimpses of what we know makes humanity so special. Unrequited love, hope, compassion and selflessness, to name but a few. However, as bleak as the rest of the world may look, we know here on the Central Coast things are usually different.
Take a walk or a drive around a certain neighborhood that lies beneath the shadow of Bishops peak in San Luis Obispo and look hard enough you will find a beautiful oak tree upon which hang hand written notes or ‘wishes’ from people within the community. This is the wishing tree started on Valentines weekend by husband and wife Jim and Kathy apRoberts.
“Years ago I had read about a lady in San Francisco that had started a wishing tree,” said Kathy apRoberts. At the time I never did anything about it but it stuck with me for years. A few weeks ago myself and Jim discussed the idea, proposed it to a few of our neighbors and their kids and decided to go for it.” Continue reading The Wishing Tree