Walking tree in Costa Rica: As this tree puts down new roots over the last layer, it actually moves – about 1 foot per year!

Tree trunk in the Bahamas

Orchids grow on the side of this tree in Izapa, , Mexico. Orchids are “bromeliads” – plants which grow in “the air”, i.e. on other plants.

This tree with a big hole in its trunk was in the woods along the path up to Marksburg Castle in Germany. I don’t know what caused the original injury to the tree, but animals have surely taken advantage of its shelter.

Acacia tree in Tanzania, with used & abandoned weavers’ nests hanging down.

This normal tree in our community, after dark gets spooky and full of shadows.

At a state park in Wisconsin, in autumn.

Evergreen tree branches touch, framing the glimmer of light on a northern Wisconsin lake.

Brilliant fall color in Des Plaines, IL

Snow brilliance in Des Plaines, IL