Trees 2005

Who has not heard the wind stirring fall leaves and suddenly felt the coming winter's chill? Or noticed the first yellow-green bud and felt light with the promise of spring? Trees are symbols of life, of nature's miracles, of your god's wisdom. They star in legends and stories from all cultures and all ages. We plant them to mark an event, we hug them, we harvest their riches, we seek their sweet shade on a hot day. In city and country, trees of all kinds color our lives; their seasonal transformations pace our sense of passing time. Covered with blossoms in spring, marking the turn of a rocky trail, shading a field from summer's heat: here are trees in all their glory.