TOBY TREE Company

05/06/2026

Went to visit the Trolls in Clinton. So amazing!

04/26/2026

Working Sunday to beat the rain. Wish we had taken a before picture

02/25/2026

Anyone else praying and cheering for sweet lil Punch 🥲😍🥰

Have you seen the viral baby monkey with his plush toy mom?
They call him Punch.

He holds onto a stuffed toy like it is the only thing in the world that feels safe.

At first, it seemed cute in a sad way.
A baby clinging to fabric because real comfort was not there.

But what stayed with me was not the toy.
It was what happened next.

When Punch was introduced to other monkeys, he did not know how to act like one.
He did not understand their signals.
He moved in a different way, so he was left out.

Still holding the only safety he knew.

And is that not painfully human?

Sometimes we walk into places we belong in.
Family.
Community.
Friendship.

But we do not know the language.

Not because we cannot learn.
But because no one ever taught us.

Then an older female monkey began grooming him.
She did not pull the toy away.
She did not force him to change.

She met him where he was.
She stayed.

Slowly, he began to join the others.

Not because he was fixed.
But because someone showed him gentleness first.

Healing did not start with correction.
It started with safety.

Maybe at some point, we were all Punch.
Holding onto whatever comfort we could find.
Hoping someone patient enough would teach us how to belong.

02/14/2026

Happy Valentines Day! 🌷

01/08/2026

A beaver took one tree down and Toby got the other. 🦫

07/22/2025

Hot day climbing trees

07/14/2025

It’s never work when you do what you love! ☀️ 🌳 😊

07/09/2025

The plum tree is loaded. Looks like it is ready to break

07/05/2025