Stumpy Tshirt Sale on TeePublic

We were so sad to hear that Stumpy - the little cherry tree that could - was going to be removed from the Tidal Basin because of a restoration project. He, and a lot of other trees will be taken out in May because the flooding water is destroying the area and the trees weren’t going to survive anyway. I have been a Stumpy fan long before he became famous. So I put together a collage of Stumpy in each season, then added his name and a slogan to the composite image. The image was uploaded to three of my digital art websites - TeePublic, Redbubble, and Pixels/Fine Art America. Then the links were sent to X/Twitter. The same day the images were uploaded I got a notification from TeePublic that someone bought  a Stumpy tshirt - for a male and in blue. That has never happened before! It was so cool to get that attention so quickly. In spite of the dreadful cold and rainy weather the cherry blossom festival kicked off last Saturday and continues on through April. Certainly there are a lot of local vendors capitalizing on Stumpy’s fate. We are hoping to visit the Tidal Basin again after the festival ends and before the renovation begins. I need to get one last look at the famous little tree. We will miss you Stumpy!