Flowering Trees 02
It is not so much for beauty that the forest makes a claim upon [our] hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
Robert Lewis Stevenson, novelist, poet
Flambouyant tree blossoms and large seed pods, Chapala, Mexico
Horse Chestnut, Matheissen State Park,Illinois