TREES, I LOVE TREES

I love trees of all kinds and in all seasons, but there's nothing like a leafed tree in summertime.  It's sound in a breeze, the cool shade it provides, the dappled sunshine below it, and it's verdant colors all provide extreme pleasure to the senses.  Much has been written about trees and so I'll simply honor them in pictures...

Sassafras Trees In Lake Grove Walking Park On Pond Path in Lake Grove, NY

A Patch of Sunlight Came In Through The Tall Trees To Catch This Sassafras Sapling

(This Photo Is All About The Vine)
Trees And Red Barn, Melville Park, Setauket, NY

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I love the textures and colors of the bark, and in some cases the sculptural shapes, of tree trunks.  The following recent photographs  show some of these features.

These huge trees pictured above are located around the pond in Frank Melville Park, Setauket, NY and feel like old friends.  Many a couple have carved their initials in their bark throughout the past decades.  Sadly, they are now beginning to hollow out and die.  Huge limbs break off during the Nor'easters we occasionally have here on Long Island.  The tree above suffered damage during the rough winter of 2010/2011.

God Creates Another Colorful Sculpture

Melville Park Woods, Setauket, NY

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Vines are prolific on Long Island.  There are places where you can no longer see the trees under the vines.  The following two tree trunks are cohabiting with their vines nicely, however.

Ivy Vine, Bates House, Melville Park, Setauket, NY

Ivy Vine, Mills Pond House, Smithtown, NY

This Is A Great Example Of What A Vine Can Do To A Tree.

Mills Pond House, Smithtown, NY