"Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year."
"Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year."
Chad Sugg
Near Cuba, New Mexico
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
Martin Luther
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”
“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sandstone Bluffs, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
Kahlil Gibran
Ojito Wilderness Area, New Mexico
“Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves”
“Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves”
Tasneern Harneed
Swamps near New Orleans, Louisiana
“Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.”
“Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.”
Malcolm X
Chimney Rock, Colorado
“If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.”
“If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.”
Matthew Fox
Near Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
“The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
“The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Near Durango, Colorado
“It was a dark and stormy night.” – Edward Bulwer-Lytton
“It was a dark and stormy night.” – Edward Bulwer-Lytton
“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.”
“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.”
Martin Luther
Bandipur, Nepal
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
Chinese Proverb
Near Evora, Portugal
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
Mark Twain
Near Evora, Portugal
“Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.”
“Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.”
John Muir
Kruger National Park, South Africa
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
Seneca the Younger
Near Mount Taylor, New Mexico
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yorkshire Dales, England“You know that if I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.”
“You know that if I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.”
William Faulkner
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Angelina's Sunset, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
“I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.”
“I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.”
John Muir
Lybrook Badlands, near Cuba, New Mexico
“Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.”
“Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.”
Sri Chaitanya
Trial Area, San Ysidro, New Mexico
“A desert is a place without expectation.”
“A desert is a place without expectation.”
- Nadine Gordimer
Cibola, New Mexico
"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come."
"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come."
Karen Joy Fowler
La Frontera del Llano Scenic Biway, New Mexico
“Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company. Only a few love to be alone.”
“Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company. Only a few love to be alone.”
Jens Jensen
La Frontera del Llano Scenic Biway, New Mexico
“A forest tree cannot help a lonely tree in its battle for existence, because such a battle requires the knowledge of loneliness!”
“A forest tree cannot help a lonely tree in its battle for existence, because such a battle requires the knowledge of loneliness!”
Mehmet Murat ildan
La Frontera del Llano Scenic Biway, New Mexico
“Fall colors are funny. They’re so bright and intense and beautiful. It’s like nature is trying to fill you up with color, to saturate you so you can stockpile it before winter turns everything muted and dreary.”
“Fall colors are funny. They’re so bright and intense and beautiful. It’s like nature is trying to fill you up with color, to saturate you so you can stockpile it before winter turns everything muted and dreary.”
Siobhan Vivian
Pecos Canyon, New Mexico
“This was the desert, everything all at once, whether it was needed or not. What survived had learned to save, live carefully, and keep a low profile, even appear to be dead for long periods. Perseverance and patience.”
“This was the desert, everything all at once, whether it was needed or not. What survived had learned to save, live carefully, and keep a low profile, even appear to be dead for long periods. Perseverance and patience.”
James Anderson
Middle Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico
“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
Emily Brontë
“If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour."
“If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour."
Victoria Erickson
“River cottonwoods were so drunk with color the leaves hurt his eyes.”
“River cottonwoods were so drunk with color the leaves hurt his eyes.”
C.J. Box
Perea Nature Trail, San Ysidro, New Mexico
“A tree is a thought, an obstruction stopping the flow of wind and light, trapping water, housing insects, birds and animals, and breathing in and out. How treelike the human, how human the three.”
“A tree is a thought, an obstruction stopping the flow of wind and light, trapping water, housing insects, birds and animals, and breathing in and out. How treelike the human, how human the three.”
Gretel Ehrlich
Northumberland, England
“Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.”
“Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.”
Henry David Thoreau
Northumberland, England
"If the windmill should prove too formidable, said he, from the threshold, I may see what can be done with the wind."
"If the windmill should prove too formidable, said he, from the threshold, I may see what can be done with the wind."
Rafael Sabatini
Near Cuba, New Mexico
“What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.”
“What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.”
Edward Abbey
Near Cuba, New MexicoMore tree pictures coming soon
More tree pictures coming soon
