Village of Lynbrook 9-11 Memorial/Photo Sue Bonomo “When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are [...]
Quercus phellos, NYC/Aaron Smith “Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember nothing stays the same for long, not even pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.” - May Sarton [...]
Elm and Sycamore, Clinch River Valley, Virginia/Photo Nancy Wolf “…whatever comes One hour was sunlit and the most high gods May not make boast of any better thing Than to have watched that hour as it passed.” -Ezra Pound
Micro Ecosystem (Lycopodium obscurum, Mosses, Lichen, Twinned Acorns),Wildflower Island, Teatown Lake Reservation/Photo Diane Alden. “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” -W.B. Yeats
Ancient Paulownia at Winterthur, Delaware/Photo Donna Kaz. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything.” - Albert Einstein
Platanus x acerifolia ‘Brooklynium’/Photo: Neil White. “For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone.” -Herman Hesse [...]
Toddsville Chestnut Tree/Photo: Allen Nichols. "The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more." -Ralph Waldo Emerson