Safe and protected....

that's how I feel when I look at this shot of the

Live Oaks at Brookgreen gardens.

Their long limbs reaching out to enclose

and enfold...

protective...

nurturing

safe,

familiar,

maternal,

Mother Earth..

good.

A walk in the woods...

sometimes turns into something else....

sometimes...

it can alter your perception...

sometimes...

it can rock your world...

sometimes...

it simply makes you grateful....

this day did all that

for me.

I am in awe of live oaks.....

centuries...they live.

They see hundreds of us...

and are unfazed..

we are so small.

Grateful.