emerging oak leaves
lichen on poplar
‘maple bud explosion’
lichen on tree bark
‘bare’
A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. … Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.
— Deng Ming-Dao, Everyday Tao, 1996, p. 18.
plumeria after the rain
Spathodea campanulata – African Tulip Tree
God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, “Ah!
— Joseph Campbell
