Setting: Blue Trees

What's your first thought when you see blue trees? Cool! Weird! Or--huh?  

Your eyes aren't tricking you. These honey locust trees in Westlake Park in Seattle do indeed have blue trunks. The trunks make you want to stop and look, don't they?

Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos colored the trunks blue as part of his international art exhibit, "The Blue Trees." He wants to draw attention to the cutting down of forests worldwide. The purpose of the exhibit is to make people think about trees and how important they are to our world. 

Don't worry. The blue color doesn't hurt the trees. The color isn't paint. It's made from azurite--a vibrant blue rock--and water.

For a fun writing prompt, create a setting for a story with blue trees. Who lives among the trees? Or in the trees? Are the characters human or another type of creature? Where are the blue trees? Are they on planet Earth or somewhere entirely different? 

When you're done writing, don't forget to thank a tree.