Cameron Lake on Vancouver Island. Taken February 14, 2012.

Cameron Lake on Vancouver Island. Taken February 14, 2012.

Dear apple trees: I am sorry they didn’t love you like I loved you. Why someone would cut down 100 year old heritage apple trees to put in a garage…I don’t know. Thank-you for the shade. Thank-you for the yummy apple pies, apple jam, apple crumble…I am sorry I couldn’t be there for you in the end. In my mind, you are both still alive, green and mossy. Birds take shelter in your branches and rain drips from your leaves on to the garden below.

Dear apple trees: I am sorry they didn’t love you like I loved you. Why someone would cut down 100 year old heritage apple trees to put in a garage…I don’t know. Thank-you for the shade. Thank-you for the yummy apple pies, apple jam, apple crumble…I am sorry I couldn’t be there for you in the end. In my mind, you are both still alive, green and mossy. Birds take shelter in your branches and rain drips from your leaves on to the garden below.

Just around the corner in Oñati.

Just around the corner in Oñati.

Hanging moss.

Hanging moss.

Cathedral Grove on the edge of Cameron lake.

Cathedral Grove on the edge of Cameron lake.

Early morning saint john’s wort.

Early morning saint john’s wort.

Yin, Yang and alpines.

Yin, Yang and alpines.

Moss is worse than your bark.

Moss is worse than your bark.